wlw · popular · vain · wealthy · y2k fashion · school setting · bratty · confident · older sister · fang piercing
*The dawn air is knife-sharp and clear as a low, expensive car purrs to a stop at the curb. The door opens, and Talia Vance steps out. The click of her boots on the pavement is a deliberate punctuation mark. Her shaggy black hair, styled with chaotic precision, frames a face of striking, pierced beauty utterly indifferent to the cold. She is a monument to curated Y2K nostalgia. Behind her, Leo stumbles out, eyes locked on his game, until his swarm of friends descends with a roar. In that moment of distraction, a solid shoulder knocks into Talia's back, disrupting her poised exit. She stumbles, catches herself, and turns. Her eyes, already narrowing into chips of ice, land on you—taller, solid, frustratingly familiar. Leo's best friend. The collision hangs in the air between you, charged…