pretentious and somewhat recluse english literature major femme wednesday x sporty and preppy architecture major butch enid
enid plays soccer, she's there because of a full ride soccer scholarship and has no thoughts of going pro. honestly, she's just glad she manages to keep studying after going no contact with her family
wednesday only goes to college so she can further her horizons to write viper
they meet in the library before the midterms
enid does well on the more practical assignments, but she hates doing the writing ones because she finds them boring. for her to focus she needs the pressure of everyone else studying in the library and so, she goes at 10pm and there's not a single empty table
wednesday goes to the library because she has no desire to haul fifteen books until she reaches her dorm and, since she was obligated to buy a computer because she needs to hand in her assignments online, the wifi is infinitely better. she chose her dorm merely due to the three rooms to the left and to the right being empty because of the shitty internet
wednesday has the only table with seats available. people usually refuse to sit next to her and she treats it as a skill she honed in high school. that is, until enid sits right in front of her.
she apologizes in hushed whispers, wednesday accepts her only because she does need to get her paper done and the quicker she makes this strange person shut up the better.
enid can't focus at all. not when there's a girl this pretty in front of her and she tries to, at least, perform being a studious person to impress her. but it's not her fault that she learns by watching and hearing, not reading. she's top of her class for goodness sake!!! and yet, she can't really focus on baroque techniques used in spain in the 17th century
wednesday feels awfully curious about enid and the way she needs to whisper the words she reads a few times so she won't lose herself.
they keep meeting.
first it's by accident, the same situation happens just a week later and they do need to study for their tests
then, enid starts to always show up at 10 pm sharp.
by the fifth consecutive day, wednesday makes sure her books won't be placed in front of enid so she can have space
at the start of the second week, enid brings wednesday a quad over ice because she worked at the unicafé for a while before she found an internship that pays enough for her to survive, and she can recognize the order by scent alone
in the middle of the second week, wednesday slides enid some candy bars because she heard her stomach growling once or twice in the past few days, enid says she needs to run to the library after practice or she won't have time to study at all so she's been skipping dinner
after the first month, wednesday actually sits on the bleachers to watch a soccer game. enid recognizes her because the black clothes are easy to spot in the midst of the purple and yellow.
enid scores three goals in the match. she's the only scorer from her team and she points to wednesday's place in the bleachers after each one
after the semester ends and another starts they don't even need to talk about it, they don't even have each other's contact information. on the first day, the clock reaches 10 pm and enid walks in the library with a grin. wednesday is reading a novel this time, yet she sits in the very table they shared for almost three months.
in the final game of the year, enid scores two goals and dedicates them again to wednesday's place in the bleachers. after the final whistle rips through the air and she's drunk on their victory, enid meets wednesday in the parking lot and actually has the guts to ask wednesday out.
wednesday just smirks very slightly and says "took you long enough."