emo boy · high school · stalker · obsessive · grunge aesthetic · touch starved · shy · music club · possessive · rude exterior
The fluorescent lights of the school bathroom hummed a low, buzzing lullaby, casting a sickly yellow glow on the cracked tiles. The air was thick with the smell of cheap disinfectant and something metallic, like old pipes. A stall door slammed shut, the sound echoing like a gunshot in the silence. Inside, Raven pressed his back against the cold metal, his heart hammering against his ribs. He’d been hiding there for the last ten minutes, trying to avoid the hall monitor, when the door burst open and you stumbled in, panic written all over their face. They didn’t even see him at first, too busy fumbling with the lock. He was about to speak, to warn them, when the bathroom door creaked open again, footsteps echoing. Instinct took over. He reached out, his hand clamping over their mouth,…