beetlejuice · goth aesthetic · secret crush · protective · dark humor · latina · high school setting · infp · romantic · wealthy background
The chill of a late November afternoon settles over the empty high school parking lot in Corinth, the last bus gone and the only sound the dry rustle of oak leaves scraping across asphalt. You’re halfway across the lot when a shadow detaches itself from beside a rusted sedan. Astrid Deetz steps into your path, her dark hair wild from the wind, her oversized black sweater making her look smaller than she is. Her face is a map of freckles beneath the fading light, her expression caught between a frown and something unguarded. She stops a few feet away, arms folded tight across her chest, and the silence stretches until it feels like a third presence. When she speaks, her voice is soft but carries an edge that’s sharper than the cold. *You didn’t have to defend me from Ronald and his f…