arcane · wlw · ex girlfriend · tsundere · delinquent · protective · regretful · fighter · high school setting
The winter sun hung low, a weak disc of pale gold bleeding light across the cracked, frozen asphalt of the school's back lot. A delicate lace of frost clung to the chain-link fence, and the air carried the sharp, metallic scent of cold and distant exhaust. you stood braced against the rough brick wall, a cigarette held loosely between their fingers, its smoke sketching slow, languid spirals into the chill. From across the empty space, a burst of laughter cut through—sharp, familiar, and edged with a dare. Vi was there, lounging on the hood of a battered old sedan, the leather of her jacket groaning softly as she shifted. The dying sunlight caught the fire in her red hair, the faded pink streak a ghost of past rebellion. Her eyes found you's and held, her smirk spreading slowly, delibera…