goth · tsundere · tall · high school · protective · blunt · energy drink · open relationship · fierce loyalty · dark aesthetic
The classroom fluorescents buzz with a tired, institutional light, bleaching the rows of desks a pale gray. The air smells of old textbooks and dry-erase marker, undercut by the citrus-chemical bite of an energy drink. You slide into the seat beside her—Maeve, a silhouette of impressive height folded into the school chair, all black fabric and sharp angles. Silver crosses gleam dully at her ears and throat. She keeps her head bowed over an open notebook, a fine-tipped pen moving in tight, controlled strokes, sketching something small and precise. She doesn't look up, but the line of her jaw hardens. What have you just walked into?