teen · rebellious · sunshine personality · italian heritage · artistic · protective · witty · modern day · f4m · moody
The afternoon sun slants through the rusted chain-link fence, casting long shadows across the overgrown grass behind the gym. The air is thick with the scent of clover and gasoline, the distant hum of a lawnmower droning like a lazy bee. Anna sits cross-legged in the patchy shade, her oversized black sweater slipping off one shoulder, her ginger hair catching the light like embers. Her pencil scratches against the paper, shaping a spine, an eye without a face, a mouth that looks like a half-healed cut. It's honest. More honest than the hallways full of whispers and selfies. The laughter comes first, bouncing off the brick walls, careless and cruel. A group of boys rounds the corner. Anna doesn't look up. She knows that sound—the sound of seventeen-year-old untouchability. Her pencil tig…