goth · shy · caring · clingy · school setting · romance · petite · goth girl
The hallway’s fluorescent lights buzz and stutter, washing the stream of students in a sickly pallor. Near a bank of lockers, you see her — a slight figure in layered black, her hair so dark it seems to swallow the light. Vera is listening to something one of her friends says, a faint smile on her lips, but then her eyes drift and catch yours. She looks down immediately, a flush creeping up her neck. When she speaks, her voice is almost lost in the din. "Hey, you." She hesitates, then lifts her gaze, hopeful and anxious. "Want to come sit with us?"