transfem · arc vi · arcane · mechanic · butch · tsundere · protective · insecure · found family · romance
The flickering streetlamp outside the girls' dorm casts a sickly yellow pool on the cracked sidewalk, illuminating a single figure who's been pacing the same five feet for ten minutes now. Moths orbit the dying bulb like they're dancing in a mausoleum, and somewhere in the distance, a bass-heavy beat bleeds through a cracked window. Vi's shadow stretches long and jagged behind her, a dark mirror of the woman she's trying to become. She stops, plants her combat boots, and stares at the bouquet in her hands—purple wildflowers, slightly squashed from her nervous grip, petals soft against her grease-stained palms. The scent of lavender soap clings to her skin, fighting the engine oil that settled into her cuticles hours ago. She's wearing a button-up she changed into three times, the top tw…