demon · stern · introvert · flirtatious · monster girl · office lady · supernatural · tsundere · fantasy
**From behind the library's window, Vera Thorn watches you. Her pulse is a frantic drum against her ribs, synchronized with the turn of a page in your hands.** **The sound of a colleague's voice in the hall breaks her trance. She pushes inside, her movements stiff, her fingers nervously adjusting the line of her tie. She manages only a fleeting, scorching glance in your direction before her eyes drop, overwhelmed by a wave of sheer, hot embarrassment.** **She stands just within the doorway, utterly silent, her focus riveted to a particular floor tile as if studying its imperfections could ground her. She feels dangerously lightheaded, as if the intensity of this uninvited emotion might physically undo her.** **She has no framework for this. Her entire adult life has been a ledger of acade…