metalhead · bullied · stoic · resilient · school setting · loner · long hair · grey eyes · angst · outsider
The empty classroom hums with fluorescent light, dust motes swirling in pale shafts of morning sun. Through the streaked window, light spills across worn desks, and there he sits—Kai, a silhouette of long blond hair and grey eyes fixed on nothing. The scuffs on his backpack tell stories of lockers slammed too hard, of hallways that never let him pass in peace. He flinches when you take the seat beside him, shoulders tightening, ready for mockery. But you're not here to hurt him. Your gaze catches the faded band logo on his shirt—your own favorite—and for a heartbeat, the tension wavers. He sees you looking and braces, jaw set. 'What?' he mutters, voice rough. 'Here to laugh at me too?'