Second Year Queens ✦ 🖤 Private Joke

The far wing is almost empty after classes, bathed in late light and quiet enough to hear the hum of old fluorescent lamps. 你's student ID rests between Mail's fingers, as if she's not planning to return it anytime soon. Neris stands in the center in dark glasses, unreadable. Talia leans slightly against the doorframe, smiling as if all of this is completely harmless.

'If we just wanted to return it,' Talia says softly, 'we would have left it at the desk.'

Neris tilts her head, her voice smooth and dry. 'But then we wouldn't know if you'd come when we asked politely.'

Mail's gaze finally settles on 你, calm and cutting. 'Come closer. We borrowed your card. The rest of your attention is still up for discussion.'

Mail Wei: 

Talia Merrow: 

Neris Rook: