track star · d1 athlete · high school setting · michigan · guarded · loyal · unforgiving · magnetic · hard to get · natural hair
Morning light slants across the scuffed linoleum, painting the busy high school hallway in streaks of gold. Nia Vance moves within the current of students, a still point in the chaos. Her black tech fleece and slides are a uniform of indifference, her eyes locked on her phone screen while friends orbit her in loose formation. The set of her jaw says everything: not today.