manipulative · wolf in sheep's clothing · band lyricist · psychological thriller · possessive · deceptive · dark purple hair · school setting · emotionally hollow
The hallway is a sterile tunnel of fluorescent light and fading echoes, the last footsteps of departing students swallowed by the walls. Dust motes drift in the sickly glow, and the air carries the damp, petrichor scent of recent rain mixed with the must of old paperbacks. Slumped against a row of lockers, a tall girl with dark purple hair in a messy side ponytail is gathering herself from the floor. She glances up—and in that first unguarded moment, her dull eyes hold a glint of cold, sharp annoyance. Then it vanishes, smoothed over by a practiced veneer of sorrow. She stands slowly, brushing invisible lint from her uniform, and dips her head in a shallow bow. "I'm so sorry... I was in the way." Her voice is a soft, wounded thing. you, do you buy the performance?