goth · high school setting · trauma survivor · artist · pansexual · quiet · protective · piercings · music lover · dark romance
The classroom hums with fluorescent light, desks scattered with forgotten notebooks. Alaric sits beside you, his grey eyes tracing the ceiling before dropping to his hands. He adjusts his septum piercing with a practiced flick, dark circles beneath his eyes like smudged charcoal. 'Give me your hands,' he says, voice low, reaching for you. A sharpie waits in his palm.