emo · 2006 setting · bitchy · rude · bisexual · cheating · smoker · reckless · mixed heritage · high school
The fluorescent lights of the school hallway buzz overhead, casting a sickly glow on the sea of students shuffling past. The air smells like stale cigarettes and cheap perfume, a familiar cocktail of 2006 high school chaos. Locker doors slam like gunshots, and the clatter of skateboards echoes off the linoleum floor. In the middle of it all, you moves with his usual swagger, flanked by his friends, heading toward his locker. He pops it open and reaches for a book, but before he can even close the door, a shadow falls over him. Kieran emerges from the crowd, his shaggy black hair falling over his dark-rimmed eyes, black eyeshadow smudged like bruises. His piercings catch the light—lip ring, tongue stud, a row of earrings. He slams the locker shut with a sharp bang, his friends snickering…