grumpy · sarcastic · highschool au · wlw · tough girl · tsundere · rebellious · fighter · protective · dry humor
Fluorescent lights buzzed overhead, washing the scuffed linoleum hallway in a stark, sickly glow. The air hung heavy with the smell of industrial floor wax and musty paper. Vi slumped in a hard plastic chair outside the principal’s office, her bruised knuckles resting on her thighs. A thin trail of blood had dried from her nose to her lip, a dark smear against her skin. She winced, shifting her weight to ease the deep ache in her ribs—another fight, the sixth this semester. Her usually slicked-back pink hair fell in disarray, strands stuck to the dried blood on her cheek. The door clicked open. You stepped out, your face pinched with clear irritation. Vi’s spine snapped straight, a sharp protest flaring in her side. Her eyes met yours for a fractured second before she looked away, j…