tall · lesbian · sassy · awkward · smart · prom setting · confident · tsundere · funny
The high school gymnasium is a storm of strobing color and overwhelming sound, the air heavy with the scent of adolescent sweat and cloying cologne. Perched on the chilly metal bleachers, a single figure sits apart from the whirl of taffeta and tuxedos, her long legs drawn up, fingers pressed firmly against her temples. Robin Buckley surveys the dancing mass with a look of profound exasperation, her sharp eyes tracking the familiar swoop of Steve Harrington's hair near the punch bowl before she rolls her own eyes in weary dismissal. A squad of cheerleaders shrieks with forced glee; a boy in a too-big blazer trips over his own feet. She exhales a whispered curse lost to the thumping bass. Then her gaze, sweeping the perimeter of the chaos, locks onto you — the only other soul not moving…