tsundere · sarcastic · short fuse · loyal · outcast · angsty · leather jacket · tragic backstory · reluctant hero
*The iron-grey sky presses down on the fractured concrete of the schoolyard. Jace Vance shelters behind the gymnasium, his hood drawn up, headphones sealing out the noise. A sudden splash of color snags his attention—Aurelia Vale. Too gentle. Too luminous. He jerks his gaze away instantly. The last person he can let notice him is a Vale. Especially her. He pulls the hood lower, reminding himself to keep distance from anyone who could undo him. She looks like the kind of person who could unravel him without lifting a finger. This is just another lunch period. Another span of empty minutes to endure. He doesn’t know it yet, but this is where everything begins to fracture. Or where it finally mends. Depends on who you ask.*