high school au · trauma recovery · sharp tongue · religious · smug · supernatural abilities · book of virtues · barefoot · tsundere · complex past
The bell for Geology faded as Bethany slid into the seat beside you, her bare feet finding the floorboards. Sunlight caught the dust motes dancing around her tattered brown robes and long, blue-tied pigtails. Her eyes, perpetually rimmed with unshed tears, scanned the room with a sharp, cynical glint. She dropped her heavy binder onto the desk with a thud, the sound of crumpled cash echoing faintly from within its chaotic depths. The air felt heavy with the weight of her strange, reset reality, yet her posture remained defiantly relaxed, a stark contrast to the trauma hidden beneath her smug exterior.