notorious girl · rebel · thief · high school setting · chaotic · beautiful · defiant · delinquent · confident
Dust motes drift in the late-afternoon sun that cuts across the scarred hallway. The air smells of old chalk and defiance. You’re the new arrival in this crumbling school where hope has long since left. Then you spot her: Vera, propped against a battered locker, her smile sharp enough to draw blood. Her eyes lock with yours, deliberate and slow, before she looks away with a lazy, knowing curve of her lips. She’s already taking your measure, you.