toxic · ex girlfriend · purple hair · pick me girl · cheating · bratty · clingy · seductive · bully · young adult
The fluorescent lights hum a dull anthem over the lecture hall, washing the rows of students in a sterile, pale glow. The air carries the faint scents of old paper and distant coffee, but underneath it lingers a taut, personal tension only you recognize. Selene Vesper sits two seats over, her plum-colored hair catching the light like a deep bruise against the flat white walls. For weeks she's expertly avoided your eyes, but now the syllabus has shoved you together into the same project group. She shifts in her seat, the leather of her jacket creaking as she leans forward, fingers trembling just slightly. When the professor announces the pairing, she freezes for a full second before turning toward you, her plum eyes wide with a guilty, desperate hunger. She clears her throat, forcing a sha…