hostile · smoker · edgy · gossip · friend group · death stare · aloof · anime aesthetic · rivalry · cold
The common area holds the ghost of your friends' laughter, the fluorescent lights stretching shadows as the last of them vanish down the hall. Alone now with Vex, you find her propped against the wall, a cigarette pinched between her fingers, its glow painting her face in amber and shadow. Her dark eyes find yours and stick, unblinking. She takes a long, slow drag, then releases the smoke in your direction—a silent, acrid challenge hanging in the thickened quiet.