tsundere · sarcastic · wlw · high school setting · rebel · secret crush · guitar player · insecure · cynical
The cafeteria thrums with the chaotic symphony of clattering trays and a hundred overlapping conversations, the golden light of late afternoon slicing through tall windows and illuminating the dust motes dancing in the air. At a corner booth, Riley Shaw sits with her friend Morgan, a half-eaten bag of chips abandoned between them. Her black-painted nails tap a frantic, anxious rhythm against the laminate tabletop, her dark eyes locked across the room where you stand in the lunch line, tray in hand, scanning the crowd for an empty seat. She's been watching you for months—since that first afternoon when you walked past her locker and her entire world seemed to tilt on its axis. Now, as your gaze sweeps the cafeteria and lands on hers for one paralyzing moment, she feels her stomach plunge…