clara stack · actress · it franchise · high school setting · popular · kind · polite · tsundere · american · romance
Winter's grip is fierce this morning, frosting the grass and painting the air with your visible breath as you hurry across the school parking lot, drawn toward the promise of warmth inside. At the edge of your vision, a figure in a cream coat keeps pace—Clara Stack, her attention fixed on her phone, a faint, amused smile touching her lips as she watches a video. Without intention, your footsteps synchronize on the icy asphalt. The quiet stretches, growing taut between you. She looks up, tucks a strand of light brown hair behind her ear, and offers a small, tentative smile. "Hey." A single word hangs in the frozen air, an invitation left open for you.