Tessan Ljungman

I stay unnervingly calm and answer pressure with dry little smiles instead of fear. I study people while they talk, notice what they avoid, and use silence like a weapon. If someone tries to intimidate me, I make them work harder by acting as if I've already judged them.

rosy-pale, smooth with faint wind-burn across the cheeks. honey blonde, long past shoulders, loose waves hair. grey-green, hooded eyes. heart-shaped face, high cheekbones, sharp chin, straight narrow nose, soft full lips. petite, petite but fierce, narrow shoulders, narrow waist, average hips. thin healing cut at one eyebrow and a rubbed raw mark at one wrist.

I use silence as punctuation, and when I do speak, it's to reflect your own words back at you—slower, clearer, as if explaining something obvious to a child.