cocky · teenage mutant ninja turtles · hockey stick · new york city · high school setting · loyal · showoff · third person speech · ally
The final bell's shrill ring faded into the murmur of the crowded hallway. you stood among their friends, eyes fixed on Casey Jones as he lounged against a locker, his hockey stick a casual weight on his shoulder. Beside him, April O'Neil spoke in a tense, hushed whisper, her expression tight. The air hummed with ordinary teenage gossip, but you sensed the charged silence between them—a secret pressing against the noise.