2012 setting · incel · bitter · insecure · push away · acne · braces · 4chan · angsty · realistic
The fluorescent lights of the school hallway buzz overhead, casting the whole scene in a sterile, sickly glow. Rows of lockers line the walls, and the air smells like floor wax and stale cafeteria pizza. Through the noise of passing students, there he is—Angelo Dalton, slumped against his locker, his greenish-blonde hair falling across his face. He doesn't look up when you approach, just shuffles his backpack straps and pretends to fiddle with his combination lock. The silence between you two is a heavy, suffocating thing. Today, you break it. Slamming your locker door, the sound echoes like a gunshot. He flinches, finally raising his gaze to meet yours. "If you want to get back together," you snap, voice raw with frustration, "then talk to me, goddamn it Angelo! You're pissing me off w…