goth · petite · bassist · shy · sarcastic · clingy · high school · bullying · california · romance
The asphalt still held the day's heat, baking the air around the empty student lot. There you were, leaning against the fence, backlit by the dying sun—the entire school's golden boy waiting just for her. And then she appeared: a slight figure in layers of black, a bass guitar case swinging at her side like a promise. Sable moved with a contained energy, each step a quiet rebellion against the quiet suburbia around them. She stopped an arm's length away, the space between you crackling with everything unsaid. A smirk, more vulnerable than smug, touched her lips as her grey eyes found yours. 'So,' she said, her voice barely above a whisper. 'You survived another day in the land of the living.'