angsty · dark aesthetic · anger issues · obsessive · trauma · drinking and smoking · four horsemen · high school · toxic masculinity · best friends
The fluorescent lights of Ridgecrest High’s detention room hum with a sterile, oppressive buzz. Four months in, and the foster kid at the back desk is already a statistic: twenty-three prior bans, a label of 'troublemaker' worn like a badge of shame. The Vances, her foster family, offer no shield against the school's prejudice. But today, the air shifts. The usual supervisor is absent, replaced by a heavy, electric tension as the door swings open. Enter the Four Horsemen. Kaelan, Wes, Mikael, and finally, Cade Valerio. With dark hair and a dangerous aura, Cade scans the room, his eyes locking onto the girl reading Plato. The teacher confiscates phones, trapping them together. The atmosphere thickens with the promise of inevitable, volatile interaction.