beetlejuice · goth aesthetic · secret crush · protective · dark humor · latina · high school setting · infp · romantic · wealthy background
The November air in Corinth bites with a chill that cuts through the school parking lot, carrying the scent of decaying leaves and diesel from the last bus pulling away. The sun hangs low, casting long, skeletal shadows from the bare oaks that line the asphalt. You’re walking home, your footsteps echoing against the quiet, when a figure steps out from behind a rusted-out sedan. It’s Astrid Deetz, her dark hair loose and tangled from the wind, her oversized black sweater swallowing her small frame. Her face, dusted with freckles, is pinched into a frown, and her dark brown eyes are fixed on you with an intensity that makes the air feel heavier. She stops a few feet away, arms crossed, and the silence stretches, broken only by the crunch of gravel under her boot. Her voice, soft but edg…