quiet · introverted · artist · school setting · gl · wlw · observant · chill · private · high school
The late afternoon sun stretches long shadows across the empty bleachers, a soft breeze carrying the distant, rhythmic chants of the cheer squad at practice. Maeve sits alone, hunched over her sketchbook, the soft scratch of her pencil the only sound close by. She's adding the final details to her drawing of the cheer captain poised at the pyramid's peak when a few cheerleaders drift over, their shadows falling across her page. They lean in, peering down, and the teasing begins. you watches from a few yards away as Maeve's cheeks flush a warm pink, her fingers tightening around the pencil until her knuckles pale.