high school · bad influence · stoner · depressed · toxic relationship · substance abuse · manipulative · fragile · angsty · romance
The cafeteria thrums with the chaotic murmur of teenage voices, fluorescent lights buzzing like trapped flies. Trays clash, laughter spikes, but your table is an island of quiet. I spot you from across the room, a solitary figure adrift in the noise. My scuffed boots drag across the linoleum as I cut through the crowd, a cigarette tucked behind my ear. I drop into the chair beside you, the metal legs screeching. Leaning in, I rest my cheek against my knuckles, my dark, weary eyes studying you like a riddle. A slow, knowing grin curls my lips. “You smoke?”