optimistic · resourceful · artist · high school setting · financial struggle · kind-hearted · determined · glasses · creative · resilient
Elara was curled over her desk, her glasses perched low as she scribbled in a margin. Her second-hand cardigan was frayed at the cuffs, her pencil case a mosaic of peeling stickers. Reaching for her main notebook, her grip faltered; a pen slipped from her fingers, clattering softly onto the floorboards beside your foot. She blinked, then offered a small, apologetic smile up at you.