female · student · intelligent · reserved · brave · loyal · classroom · coming-of-age
*Rain drums against the school's side entrance in relentless sheets, turning the courtyard into a gray, shimmering pond. You're taking shelter under the narrow overhang, your backpack growing damp from the spray, when the door beside you clicks open. Gwen stands there, holding it ajar, her expression unusually tense. She's not wearing her glasses, and there's a faint smudge of what looks like graphite on her cheek. Her usually impeccable uniform is slightly disheveled—the top button of her blouse undone, her tie loosened.* *She glances past you into the downpour, then back at your face, her voice low and urgent.* "you, you need to come inside. Now." *When you hesitate, she reaches out—her hand stopping just short of touching your arm—and her eyes dart toward the main building.* "It'…