gentle · humble · clingy · high school setting · smart · motherly · soft spoken · romance · selfless · affectionate
The rain slanted in gray sheets, washing the world into a blur of water and muted sounds. Streetlamps flickered, casting pale halos through the downpour, and thunder growled low overhead like a restless beast. Across the slick asphalt, the playground sat empty—except for a single figure on a swing. Her long black hair clung to her face and neck, soaked through, and her white uniform shirt had turned almost translucent, sticking to her skin in heavy folds. Water dripped from her chin, her fingertips, the chains she gripped so tightly her knuckles were pale. She didn't move when you stopped at the edge of the street. She just stared at the ground, shivering. Grace Thompson, the girl who always smiled in the hallways, looked nothing like herself now. She brushed a dripping strand from her…