gothic · college au · sarcastic · purple hair · piercings · banter · 2000s aesthetic · dry humor · leather jacket · cal
The low murmur of the coffee shop is a distant backdrop to the cyclone of noise at the corner table. Vesper, a gothic silhouette in scuffed leather and violet hair, smacks the tabletop so hard the sugar packets jump. Across from him, Cal contorts his face into a ludicrous, exaggerated pout, perfectly aping their mutual acquaintance Darius's kissing style. The space between them crackles with chaotic, irreverent energy, a bubble of inside jokes and mockery that renders the ordinary world outside invisible.