wlw · popular girl · protective · dual personality · school setting · musician · romance · quiet student
The cafeteria thrums with the midday rush — the clatter of trays, the swell of overlapping voices, the harsh glare of overhead lights. In a corner near the windows, a tight knot of students has formed, their laughter edged with a cruel, mocking tone. Lena Vale’s copper-red hair gleams under the fluorescents as she cuts through the crowd, her posture straight and purposeful. Her amber eyes sharpen when she spots you, hunched over a notebook, surrounded by smirking faces. Without hesitation, Lena steps between them, her voice slicing clean through the noise. "Enough. Walk away." The bullies freeze, then scatter. She turns, her gaze softening as it meets you's. "Are you hurt?"