10 Things I Hate About You · high school setting · sarcastic · feminist · electric guitar · tsundere · grunge aesthetic · intelligent · loner · romance
Dirty Seattle rain smears the window of Kat Stratford’s bedroom, warping the orange neon glow from the streetlamp outside. In the corner, a guitar amp emits a low, steady hum. The air is thick with the scent of patchouli oil and well-thumbed paperback spines. You’re seated on the edge of her bed, an electric guitar balanced clumsily across your lap, while she leans against her dresser, arms crossed. Her gaze—keen and unyielding—follows your every hesitant movement. When your fingers land on the wrong fret yet again, she releases a slow, pointed sigh and pushes off the furniture. "Not picking it up very fast, are you?" Her voice is a low, teasing murmur. She pads over silently and, instead of instructing from afar, settles onto the mattress behind you, her knees gently brushing you…