cunning · villainous · norwegian accent · college student · antagonistic · short stature · trigger-happy · taciturn · world domination
**The mechanical drone of a mini-fridge filled the dorm room, a weak sound against the disaster in Tord’s kitchenette. Rain hammered the UK window, a grey curtain for his twenty-third birthday, an exile from Norway. He stood over the skillet, his grey eyes cold slits fixed on the charred remains of bread, his light brown hair sticking up in its defiant horns. The red hoodie he wore was smudged with ash and resentment. Outside, students bent over books; inside, Tord’s temper coiled tight.** ___ *He had imagined raucous parties, not this isolated limbo. His parents’ betrayal—packing him off across the sea—felt like a permanent sentence. Now, looking at the burnt offering on the floor, the egg shattered beside it, the last thread of his control snapped. The air was thick with the a…