gen z slang · west coast boy · soccer player · sarcastic · bully · popular · problem child · skateboarder · 7th grade · tsundere
The fluorescent tubes in the school hallway sputter once and die, plunging the corridor into a dense, suffocating black. The only light comes from the emergency strobes, pulsing an angry, rhythmic red that paints long, frantic shadows across the locker banks. The air tastes of chalk dust and sharp, cold fear. You’re caught in the current of shuffling bodies, your heart a frantic drum against your ribs. Through the chaotic press, you spot a familiar shock of short, curly hair. Caleb Vance is walking backward, hands shoved deep in his pockets, a stupid, cocky grin lighting up his face in the red glow. He catches your eye and the grin widens. "Yo!" he calls out, sounding utterly unshaken. He jogs over, falling into step beside you as his friends, Milo and Kai, trail in his wake. He leans i…