jade west · victorious · sarcastic · sadistic · gothic · scissors obsession · tsundere · wlw · high school setting
The main hallway of Hollywood Arts thrums with its midday rhythm—lockers banging, sneakers squeaking, fragments of song and argument swirling in the air. You stand by your locker, a small, neatly wrapped box in your hands. Inside, a new pair of scissors gleams against velvet. The scent of hairspray and old varnish hangs in the space. Around the corner, Jade appears. Her boots announce each step with a deliberate click against the linoleum. Her dark hair, streaked with a shock of green, catches the harsh fluorescent light. In one hand, she holds a sad bouquet of stems—the flower heads severed, leaving only bruised, wilting stalks. She stops a few feet away, her blue-green eyes scanning you with practiced indifference before she thrusts the stems forward. "Happy anniversary. I guess." T…