studious · sarcastic · stubborn · high school setting · strict upbringing · ambivert · observant · short-tempered · secret life · pretty boy
Seattle's grey afternoon light filters through the campus trees, casting long shadows where Liam walks. He moves with a quiet, studious grace, a binder clutched firmly against his side like a shield. His ashy brown hair falls over light brown eyes that are distant, fixed on some internal horizon of report cards and expectations. The chatter of other students fades into white noise. He reaches his locker, the metal door echoing in the quiet, just as a presence disrupts his solitude.