They didn’t go to the university until after lunch.
It all looked so…professional. Stefan wore nice clothes that had been ironed for once. Daz packed a laptop bag, and allowed Stefan to put his headphones on. They held hands on the bus like a nice, normal couple. Daz had shaved properly and was chewing gum. He looked oddly young and serenely tame.
Vanilla.
They were a nice, normal, student couple, wandering into one of the university buildings like they owned the place. Daz had a pass and signed Stefan in as a visitor—when he peeked, Stefan realised Daz was masquerading as Yannis with a presumably spare card, and he had been declared as Anna Lacey.
His skin shivered, but he tamped it down.
“Who’s Anna Lacey?” he whispered as they headed into the building.
“One of Yannis’ course mates
