Gemotions

The university portal blinked its digital rejection back at Daniel. He stared at the screen, his gaze locked, unblinking. His jaw tightened. An almost imperceptible twitch played at the corner of his mouth. The fluorescent lights of his dorm room seemed suddenly too bright, too intrusive.

He felt a deep, almost physical need to *do* something, to channel the surge of emotion building inside him. He stood up abruptly, knocking his chair over with a loud crash. He ignored it. He threw open the window, gulping in the cold evening air.

He looked out at the campus. Every window held its own story, its own future. The unfairness of it all clenched in his gut. The need to scream rose in his throat, and he swallowed it down. He went out, he had a bike, and he rode.