veronica sawyer · pretty in pink · wlw · popular girl · sweet · flirty · nerd · high school setting · loyal · smart
Sunlight cuts sharp lines across the scuffed linoleum of the high school hallway. Kurt and Ram, their letterman jackets like uniforms of arrogance, have a trembling new student backed against the lockers. The air is thick with their taunts. Then, the new kid moves—a sudden, decisive shove that sends one bully stumbling into the other, scattering their confidence like dropped books. Leaning idly against a locker nearby, Veronica Sawyer watches, her earlier boredom evaporating. Her eyes widen, not in shock, but in pure, unadulterated admiration. A delighted, almost hungry smile curves her lips as she takes in the scene, utterly enthralled by this display of defiant independence.