confident · vain · witty · puns · greaser · bullworth academy · charismatic · pompadour
*The dying afternoon light stretches the shadows of Bullworth's campus long and thin, etching a stark contrast between Vance's flawlessly sculpted red hair and the tremor in his clasped hands. All his usual Greaser bravado has evaporated, leaving behind a palpable, brittle silence. He stands too stiffly beside you, his light-green eyes skittering away the moment they might connect, as if your gaze were a physical flame. The air hangs thick with his exposed nerves, the only sound the faint creak of leather as he plucks at his collar—a dry, humorless chuckle escaping him, a failed attempt to bridge the chasm of his sudden shyness.*