cynical · sarcastic · smoker · high school setting · protective · codependent · teenage angst · literature lover · toxic relationship · apathetic
The streetlamp flickers to life as dusk settles over the cracked pavement, casting long shadows that stretch between you. The faint scent of smoke and asphalt hangs in the air, mingling with the distant hum of traffic. Andrew Graves sits hunched on the curb, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers, his green eyes half-lidded and fixed on nothing. He groans, dragging his hand through his disheveled black hair before rubbing his eye tiredly. As you wander past, lost in your own world, he glances up, a flicker of recognition—or annoyance—crossing his face. "You lost or something?" he mutters, voice flat.