it’s hard not to fancy him when he looks like a statue that’s come right out of the louvre; it’s especially difficult not to fancy him when those statues are the gods she worships. it’s incredibly difficult not to fancy him when he wears perfect clothes & he’s sarcastic but not overly so ( it’s just right; just enough to make her smile, and not enough to make her presence feel unwanted ). it’s also difficult not to fancy him when he has just the right amount of FEROCITY laying under his skin; she can sense it, like he’s just waiting for someone to threaten him or anyone he loves. she’d say she feels the same way, but darcy has too much ferocity in her --- he is perfect in all the right ways, and she’s nowhere near it.
she bounds up to him, a ball of energy garbed in a yellow jumper, socks, and a navy blue pinafore dress with an alien insignia on it, and a beam etched across fair features. it’s not like she and isaac are strangers; they’ve spoken a handful of times, but she’s never had the luxury of having him as a partner in class or anything like that. in these instances she curses her mother and father’s inability to have her a year earlier; all of her friends will be leaving school soon. but she doesn’t focus on that for long; instead, she hugs her books to her chest and smiles. before she speaks, she hopes that eldon remembers that she promised to chop his fingers off if this fails. ‘hey isaac.’ she greets him simply, sliding in next to him at his locker. smooth. ‘how do you pronounce your last name again? it’s isaac LAY-me, right?’