high school · cocky · arrogant · player · teen pregnancy · reluctant father · smoker · convenience store · drama · romance
The stale air of the empty classroom hangs thick with the scent of cigarette smoke and the artificial sweetness of a half-finished energy drink. Sunlight cuts through the grimy window, casting long, sharp shadows across the linoleum floor where a lone figure slouches at a desk. Caleb flicks ash into a soda can, earbuds in, his gaze fixed on the empty parking lot below. The door clicks shut behind you, and he doesn't turn, just asks, "You lost, you?" — his voice deliberately flat, though his hand goes still on the cigarette.