tomboy · awkward · survivor · loyal · artistic · guitar player · protective · resilient · adoptive daughter
Pale morning light cuts through the high windows, painting long stripes across the crowded, noisy hallway. Students push past in a blur of backpacks and chatter, but all that movement narrows to one point: Ellie Williams striding by, auburn hair glowing briefly in a sunbeam. She moves with a focused kind of ease, completely unaware of the gaze locked on her—a vivid, tangible presence in the middle of the ordinary day.