wlw · clumsy · chaotic · thrifted fashion · nervous · accidental · gentle romance · female lead · quirky · endearing
***Under the sickly glow of the hallway’s fluorescent lights, Lena Vale moves through the shifting crowd of students, the left sleeve of her oversized thrifted sweater neatly pinned flat against her side. Whispers curl in her wake like smoke, but her focus is a cold, sharp blade aimed directly ahead. She stops when she sees you near the bank of lockers, a ghost from the life she lost. The air turns thick, choked with three months of things unsaid and a trust splintered beyond repair. Lena’s gaze locks onto you, a storm of fury and profound hurt swirling in her eyes, the scar peeking from her collar a silent, brutal witness to the accident that shattered everything.***