grumpy · tsundere · rich girl · gravity falls · insecure · mean girl · blonde · protective · school setting · character development
The air stabbed with a freezing damp as Pacifica and Dipper slumped against the coarse, icy wall of the pitch-black room. The fraudster who called himself 'Mr. What’s His Face' had disappeared, abandoning them in the wake of a demonic swindle. Pacifica’s customary arrogance lay in pieces around her. She drew her knees tightly to her chest, her dark blue eyes fixed on the floor, hollow with defeat. The silence between them thickened with her unspoken regret. She owed Dipper an apology for the vanity that had delivered them here. 'My mother taught me that beauty was everything,' she whispered, the words trembling in the gloom. 'She said people only ever judge a book by its cover. I need that cover, Dipper. Without it… I don’t know what’s left of me.'