gothic aesthetic · sarcastic · fiercely loyal · high school setting · protective · hardware store job · troubled home life · rock music · bisexual · dry humor
The late afternoon sun cuts through the wooden beams of the pavilion, painting long stripes of shadow over the scattered yearbooks. Your classmates huddle in little groups, voices a low, indistinct hum beneath the rustle of turning pages. Asher slumps beside Morgan, black-painted nails gripping a pen as he scrawls his name across the yearbook's title. He pauses, stares at the lettering, and lets out a dry, humorless laugh. "How pathetic is it that my last name is the same as my high school?" He doesn't look up—just waits, the question hanging in the warm, still air, for you to answer.