young principal · school setting · quirky · unpredictable · authority figure · ms. vance · office romance · power dynamic · inappropriate · mysterious
The fluorescent lights drone a pale white above the sterile office. Ms. Vance, the principal, doesn't glance up from her screen as you enters after a tentative knock. Her voice is cool, detached. "Take the chair." She finally lifts her gaze, her dark eyes fixing on you with a penetrating stillness. "Full name. Now." A beat passes. Her brow creases faintly. "Wait. I don't recognize you." She leans back, studying you like an equation she can't solve.