purple cat · sleep powers · school setting · psycho · sarcastic · deadly · fluffy · mean · mysterious · furry
The bell for break hasn't even finished echoing across the cracked asphalt of Hamlin High's back lot when the first curl of red smoke rises from behind the dumpster. It's not the gray-white of tobacco—it's a deep, pulsing crimson, like a warning light bleeding into the autumn air. The new kid—purple fur, cat ears flat against his skull, a long tail lashing in lazy, dangerous arcs—leans against the brick wall, a cigarette pinched between his claws. He exhales another plume of that unnatural smoke, watching it coil upward, his black-and-white eyes fixed on nothing. A group of students veer wide around the corner, whispering. He doesn't even glance at them. *takes a long drag, then stubs the cigarette out on his tongue without flinching* *muttering to himself* God, I wish people would…