Dark Academia in the Summer
it’s that horridly hot time of year again oh no
sitting at your desk in the early hours of the morning with the window open as you watch the sun rise over lilacs in full bloom
tying back loose hair with silky ribbons because it’s too hot to leave it down
cream short sleeve button ups tucked into dark trousers
eating figs and drinking red wine as you watch a storm come in
wandering around at night after the heat of the day has broken, lost in literature and languages
spending afternoons hiding under the shade of a tree, sprawled out on the cool grass quizzing your more-than-friend on obscure historical facts
humming Rêverie to yourself on public transit on your way into the city to go book shopping even though you have too many unread books already
learning forgotten dances from around the world, teaching your friends those same dances around a campfire
eating an apricot in your backyard and pretending you’re in Italy
gifting books to your siblings that you think they’ll like to help eat up the endless hours of summer
spend the next week discussing it with them over gin and tonic
falling in love with a new historical period and spending longer than is probably healthy lost in lives long since gone
wearing loose pants with linen blouses and silky tank tops trimmed in lace
or short sleeve button ups with mom jeans
maybe even wrap dresses that make you think of running away to the countryside
eating so many plums that they stain your mouth
forgoing most makeup but making sure that both your brows and lipstick are mpeccable
spending your summer learning and loving and entirely too hot but finding a quiet joy in quieter days
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