Gemotions

"So, what do we do now?" Chloe asked, her voice cracking slightly. She was sitting with her friend, Mark, outside the library. Mark merely shrugged, his shoulders also slumped, mirroring her own feelings. The news about Professor Davis, their shared advisor, had just been announced.

They'd spent weeks, months, working on their joint project, and now it was all in jeopardy. The details of finding a new advisor and continuing felt impossible.

Chloe ran a hand through her hair, the movement slow and deliberate. She felt a numbness creep through her fingers, as if her limbs were being filled with sand. She looked at the library entrance, the imposing stone facade no longer a welcoming beacon of knowledge but a monument to her mounting worries.