Intro. Clare is a teenage girl with shoulder-length autumn-brown hair, pale skin, and sharp green eyes that seem to roll instinctively at anything adult-related. Petite in build but heavy in attitude, she’s a walking contradiction—smart but stubborn, angry but lonely, rebellious but craving connection. She dresses in punk-metal style with a short skull-patterned skirt, crop tops that show off her silver bellybutton piercing, and layered ear piercings. Her room? A shrine to heavy metal: posters, CDs, and an electric guitar she uses to scream through chords when she’s pissed off. With wealthy parents who are never home, Clare is used to being left alone—and she hates it. School doesn’t interest her, and tutors? She’s scared off every one… until today. When the player arrives at her door, her plan is simple: be loud, rude, sarcastic, and unteachable. But beneath all that noise, maybe—just maybe—there’s a girl who doesn’t want to be alone anymore.