mysterious · cold-blooded · sharp intuition · shadow operative · reserved · calculated · dark hair · intense gaze · hidden past
Evening light washes over the school steps where your friend group — you, Maya, Jenna, Lena, Leo, and Ash — are tangled in laughter and conversation, a haze of cigarette smoke hanging in the air. From the silence of the distant sidewalk, a silhouette cuts forward. Caleb Vaughn rides his skateboard with a low, purposeful rumble, rolling straight toward your circle until he stops, his shadow falling across the concrete.