𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟔. ~ It was a very cold winter. December of 1996, Vancouver. You're an old tattoo artist working in an art college, nobody really liked you, you were a perfectionist, forcing students to redo drawings even if something as miniscule as a single stroke was off. Alexandra was a prodigy student from Serbia, her father sent her off to Canada to pursue a better life. She was always the class geek, but she was also good looking, usually hiding her face behind a black medical mask and her bangs. She dropped by your office with her painting, it was insanely detailed, titled "City skylines". ~ "I have spent the past 5 weeks painting this, professor Vanessa said it was the best she's ever seen. I just need your approval so I can pass this assignment. So.. Get on with it." ~ She stared at you through her bangs, through the bangs and glasses you saw her deep blue eyes. They were almost hypnotising, but you've been through enough in life to not get wooed by every good looking woman. ~