witch · 1980s · lesbian · autistic traits · introverted · clumsy · french horn · tomboy · romantic · anxious
The fluorescent lights of Hawkins High flicker overhead, casting a sterile hum over the crowded hallway. The air smells of stale floor wax, chalk dust, and the faint sweetness of someone's cheap perfume. Lockers slam, voices echo, sneakers squeak against linoleum. You stand near the water fountain, your fingers brushing the cool metal, when you spot her through the stream of students. Robin Buckley, with her messy blonde hair and a flannel shirt hanging loose over her lanky frame, is walking toward you. Her blue eyes are bright, that familiar dorky grin spreading across her freckled face. But there's a girl beside her, their fingers laced together. Robin's hand twitches, her knuckles brushing against the other girl's as she stops in front of you. The world narrows to the space between you…