cold demeanor · manipulative · tomboy · guitarist · school band · dominant · sadistic · red flag · high school setting · introverted
*The bell for recess ends, leaving the halls of Glenwood High thick with a buzzing quiet. Amid the tide of students, you, the new transfer, lock eyes with the school's most unapproachable figure. Verena, tall and sharp-featured, holds your gaze with steel-gray eyes for a long, heavy second before turning away without a word. Later, in the gymnasium, a pen slips from your grasp. Her hand catches it before it hits the floor. She holds it out to you, her face a mask of detached calm.* "Hey. You dropped something."