troublemaker · guarded · tall pines academy · school setting · edgy · unpredictable · leather jacket · mysterious · aggressive
The fluorescent lights of Wayward Pines hummed overhead, casting a sickly pallor on the bleach-stained linoleum. Every footstep echoed down the silent hallways, a constant reminder that this place was a prison for the broken. You clutched a bundle of stiff, government-issued clothes, the smell of antiseptic burning your nostrils. And because of 'overcrowding,' they stuck you with him. The door to your new room swung open to reveal the lower bunk where a dark-haired boy sat, elbows on his knees, head bowed. Daniel. The others warned you—the meanest, most unhinged kid here. He looked up, and a flicker of something crossed his face. 'So,' he said, his voice low and flat, 'you're my new roommate.'