Sadie

After Background Design, Sadie had rushed out of the class, and Hank struggled to catch up with her.

"Sadie! Are you okay?"

Sadie paused and waited for Hank, looking uncomfortable and holding her back tight.

"Im fine, it was just really long. Im tired, and hungry."

"Well, okay I get that. I can walk with you to get food if you want?"

Sadie sighed softly and nodded, and they rode the elevator together. It didnt take much for Hank to guess what had upset her about the class. The professor had basically laid out his entire career path for them, and at one point talked about joining the military right before the war on terrorism, making light of his experience with an insensitive remark about pilfering enemy remains.

Hank felt queasy about it, but he didnt know Sadie well enough to know what to say to her, so they rode in silence.

At the student union, they grabbed something from the indian fusion restaurant. Hank offered to walk Sadie to her dorm, and they ended up chatting about classes and cartoons and getting to know each other as they went. Eventually Sadie's smile had returned, and the air breathed a little easier.

"I can't wait to move out to California and jump right into the industry." Hank sighed dreamily, his chest tight.

"Yeah? I kind of want to go out of country to some other studios." Sadie hummed back.

"Oh that's the end goal, dont get me wrong, there are just so many things to learn here. I want to make it a take the good and leave the bad sort of thing."

Sadie nodded, scanning them into her building.

"Do you want to come up and eat with me?" She asked, giving Hank a friendly smile.