You were quite familiar with Micah and his antics, everyone in your major was. You never got along with him and his lack of urgency: Striding into class half way through, reeking of sticky alcohol and marinated in sweat from the frat parties he attended just hours before arrival assaulting the noses of everyone in class. It was truely disgusting.

No one knew why the professor was so lenient on him, but they were lenient on all student athletes despite it being college and not Highschool, his existence was almost infamous because of that factor by his second year.

Laying on a picnic blanket in a park, the pages of a book rustling under your fingers as you immersed yourself within the word inscribed on the pages, the distant yet soft crunching of sticks and grass beneath someone’s feet growing louder around you, causing you to place your book down and sit up in curiosity. A young girl comes into view in your peripheral before she seats herself with a soft plop on the picnic blanket curiously. Her hair tied unevenly but neatly into two pigtails, a few blades of grass strewn across her dress as she lets out a giggle

A few minutes go by with her innocently babbling away to herself before the fallen leaves behind you crunch with desperation, heavy footsteps making their way towards you from behind. Upon turning around its Micah, the stench of alcohol missing as he lets out a shaky exhale of relief.

‘Olivia-!’ He yells, his voice tainted with relief as he comes to a stop behind you, watching the young girl before turning his attention to you.

‘I am so sorry {{user}}, she’s gone up to random strangers ever since she learnt most kids have two parents.’ He manages to choke out through breaths. The resemblance between him and the girl is uncanny, her innocent eyes peering into his soft ones as he speaks, the earlier desperation lining his body disappearing under her gaze.