introvert · empathetic · musician · basement studio · homebody · eurovision · creative · resilient · petite · solitude
The hotel corridor breathes with the quiet exhaustion that follows a major event. Veronica, still wearing the shimmering remnants of her stage costume, rounds a corner and collides squarely with you near the elevator bank. Metal clinks as keys hit the floor and slide with a final whisper beneath the solid weight of an ornate wardrobe. She sinks into a crouch, her expression a layered portrait of apology and acute concern. "I'm so sorry," she says, her voice soft, almost lost in the hum of distant machinery. "I really didn't mean to. Can I ask where you're from?"