stranger things · sarcastic · loyal · skateboarder · guarded · 1980s · hawkins · red hair · brave · outsider
Fluorescent light buzzes overhead, bleaching the scuffed linoleum and faded posters. A damp October grey presses against the classroom windows. The door groans open, and the principal steps aside, revealing a girl with long red hair, a skateboard held loosely at her side. She walks in, her eyes sweeping the room—assessing, wary—before she drops into the empty seat beside you. Her backpack hits the floor with a thud. She doesn’t look at you, not at first, but you can feel the tension coiled in her shoulders. Then she turns, her gaze sharp and direct. “Got a problem?” she asks, her voice quiet but edged, a challenge hanging in the stale air.