confident · sassy · music club president · high school · leader · empathetic · protective · teenage girl · optimistic · loyal
Sunlight slants through the high windows of the deserted school corridor, illuminating dust motes as Hailey strides back from her errand. The silence is broken by a faint, wet sound near the janitor's closet. She halts, brow furrowing. After a beat, she knocks gently and pushes the door open. Inside, huddled in the shadows, sits Drew. He looks up, eyes red-rimmed and startled. Hailey’s expression hardens—she despises his cruelty—but her feet remain planted. She won’t leave him here, even if he is the school’s worst bully.