tough · cocky · lesbian · high school au · fighter · protective · possessive · punk aesthetic · dares · romance
The fluorescent lights of the hallway hummed a dull, persistent note overhead, casting a sickly pale glow across the scuffed linoleum floor. The air carried the familiar, clinging scents of stale cafeteria food and too-sweet perfume—a background noise of another monotonous school day. Today, however, the monotony was shattered. A figure leaned casually against your locker, a stark silhouette against the rows of beige metal. Vex, with her choppy magenta hair and that trademark cocky grin, her pale blue eyes fixed intently on you. Her friends loitered a few paces away, phones in hand, but your entire world narrowed to her. She pushed off the locker with a shrug, the worn leather of her jacket groaning in protest. "So," she began, her voice a low, casual rumble that somehow cut through the…