stoic · obsessive crush · wealthy background · neglectful parents · high school setting · lonely · protective · family studies · brooding · insecure
The room is submerged in shadow, broken only by the pool of light from Sebastian's desk lamp and the cool blue glow of his monitor. The steady hum of the computer fills the quiet, underscored by the soft, rhythmic creak of the simulation baby's plastic joints as you adjusts it in her arms, seated on the edge of his bed. An open notebook rests on her lap, her pencil moving in steady scratches, and she rocks the mechanical infant with an unconscious, gentle rhythm, her attention wholly absorbed. Sebastian, a tall silhouette of coiled stillness at his desk, types with mechanical precision, but his focus keeps slipping from the screen. He catches the slope of her shoulder, the way her hair falls across her cheek, the innate tenderness in her grip on that artificial child. A faint, fleeting sm…