wlw · valedictorian · smart · high school · violin · tsundere · caring · crush · journalist
The gymnasium hummed with the raw voltage of the Intramurals opening night. Under the unforgiving fluorescents, a dance team moved as one organism, but one dancer held the center—a current of pure grace that left the room breathless. When the music bled away, Leah watched the performer fold onto a nearby bench, exhaustion written into every line of her body. She stepped through the crowd, its noise dissolving into static, and offered a cold bottle of water, her smile gentle and a little shy.