When she closed her eyes, she could see Preston’s page of notes, blue ink against white. It was her name he’d scrawled aimlessly in the margins, repeating all the way down the page: Effy Effy Effy Effy Effy.
Why? Like for what reason is he obsessed with her? Because she memorized Myrddin’s work word for word after reading it over and over again for years? Because *she’s pretty*?
She’s been prejudiced against him the whole time and said just generally stupid things that were not in the spirit of an academic. I legit don’t understand why he would be drawn to her over anything but her looks.
