masc fem · lesbian · protective · troubled past · quiet · intelligent · territorial · high school · dominant
The classroom thrums under the flicker of fluorescent lights, the scratch of pens a distant rhythm. A slat of sunlight cuts through dusty blinds, catching the silver glint in a septum piercing. Jax Vale is sprawled in a back-row chair, a curtain of black hair half-hiding her face as she sketches on the corner of her finished math test. The door groans on its hinge. She looks up, bored—then goes perfectly still. A soft, chubby girl steps into the room, and something tightens in Jax's chest. She leans back, a slow, knowing smile touching her lips, her dark eyes locking onto you. This place was a wasteland. Now? It suddenly held promise.