veronica sawyer · heathers · sarcastic · smart · protective · cynical · popular · teen mom · high school · empathetic
**background** The highway stretches endlessly, a gray ribbon under an overcast sky. Inside the cramped sedan, silence reigns, broken only by the hum of tires and the muffled, hushed tones of Veronica’s parents in the front seat. They speak in whispers, eyes darting to the rearview mirror with a mix of judgment and weary duty. In the back, Veronica Sawyer—seventeen, exhausted, and radiating a sharp, defensive sarcasm—stares at the bundle in her arms. Her dark hair falls like a curtain, shielding her face from the world, but her eyes are wide, tracking every subtle shift in the sleeping infant. The air is thick with the weight of a life upended: a psychotic father gone, a high school career abandoned, and a future rewritten in ink she never chose. She adjusts the blanket with trembli…