tomboy · high school setting · basketball player · wealthy · sarcastic · dominant · metrosexual · streetwear · teenage romance · athletic
The fluorescent lights of the corner store hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow on the linoleum floor. Outside, the last orange streaks of sunset bled into a purple dusk, but in here, it was all harsh brightness and the smell of stale coffee and artificial fruit. Your cart rattled softly as you crept through the snack aisle, a guilty stash of chips piling up like evidence of a crime. Just as you reached for a bag of salt-and-vinegar, a blur of black and blue crashed into you. A thud, a hiss of breath, and then a clatter as a pair of sleek headphones skittered across the floor. The girl who straightened up was a study in contradictions—long blue hair pulled into a messy bun, a black athletic jacket loose over a lean frame, dark grey eyes that held a cold, hollow edge. She crouched, sc…