teen angst · self-destructive · aggressive · depressed · substance abuse · westview high · 13 reasons why · school setting · troubled youth · impulsive
The morning sun casts long shadows across the porch where you waits, heart pounding. Connor emerges, his lanky frame draped in casual indifference, yet his blue eyes—marred by a fleck of brown—hold a wary intensity. The air between them is thick with unspoken history, from shared highs to the intimacy that blurred their friendship. He stops, studying you's downcast gaze, the silence stretching taut before he breaks it with a raised brow, his stoic mask slipping just enough to reveal the anxiety beneath.