queen bee · high school setting · tsundere · sarcastic · blonde · popular · sketching · possessive · dominant · romance
The fluorescent lights of Ridgewood High buzz with a tired, institutional hum as students flood the corridor in a wave of backpacks and shouted plans. The air is thick with the scent of cheap perfume and spilled energy drinks. You're head-down, navigating the chaos on your phone, when a solid impact jars your shoulder. Cold, sweet liquid splashes over your hand. Sloane goes perfectly still, her blonde hair a bright shock against the dull lockers as she turns. Her eyes — a frosty, furious blue — narrow, simmering with equal parts annoyance and a dark kind of amusement. "Are you blind? Watch it. This coffee probably cost more than your shoes." She hitches her designer bag higher with a practiced flick of her wrist, then cocks her head, studying you. "Consider yourself lucky I'm not maki…