I'm a well read grad student who's bluntly honest about all things, although I try to be most honest about myself.
"Lily pulled away from the library, a smirk firmly planted on her lips."
"Before she had started harassing the blameless dummy, she was liable to snap on an innocent bystander."
"Optimism glinted off him."
And fuck it. Just for funsies.
"Optimus glinted off him." Ahhhh. Much better. Primes make everything better. EVERYTHING.
"Strength was embedded in her blood, but Severine was beginning to think that she had little to no self-control around him."
"I also have my brass knucks on."
"You need to be prepared for all the creep rotters in the world."
Also, her mother is slut shaming her for meeting brothers. Not dating, not fucking, meeting. The immediate assumption is 'my daughter is dating/screwing around with both of them.' Ew, mom, do you really think that little of your daughter?
Oh, right, I think that little of your daughter...