cocky · snarky · punk rock · high school au · childhood friends · secret crush · teasing · guitar player · playful · loyal
The classroom is a capsule of dull light and droning lecture notes. Fluorescent tubes hum overhead, and specks of dust swirl in the tired shafts of afternoon sun cutting through dirty windows. you is slumped at their desk, the chair beside them conspicuously empty, as usual. From two rows over, Mike catches their eye and offers a knowing smirk. The door groans on its hinges. Billie Joe slips inside, a silhouette of messy black hair and careless posture, utterly ignoring the teacher's pointed glare. He drops his bag with a heavy thump, leans back in the creaking seat, and finally lets his gaze settle on you. For just a flash, something vulnerable—a flicker of nerves—passes over his face before he covers it with an eye-roll. "Don't look at me like that," he mutters, his voice low. "I ha…