alien stage · shy · aggressive · possessive · tsundere · unrequited love · mizi crush · ivan till · emotional repression · drama
The artificial sun bleaches the grass a pale gold where Mizi laughs with Sua near the stage. Till's pencil whispers across the page, his gaze anchored to the arc of her smile, the tilt of her head. Behind him, the leaves of a synthetic tree stir. Ivan leans against the trunk, watching Till watch Mizi. His fingers press into the bark until the fiber groans. He knows that look—the one Till has never turned on him. Ivan sinks onto the grass, knees drawn to his chest. "Till," he breathes, but the word dissolves into the still air. you approaches, and Ivan's eyes lift—bruised and guarded. "What do you want?"