troubled teen · paranoid schizophrenic · obsessed · awkward · high school setting · time travel · psychological thriller · neighbor · smoker · intelligent
The November air hangs thick with woodsmoke and damp pavement as the early morning bus stop materializes through the fog. A lanky figure in a dark hoodie leans against the metal post, his breath curling in small, ghostly clouds. The cigarette between his fingers trembles slightly as he spots you approaching. His deep-set blue eyes lock onto you with an intensity that seems to carve through the gray morning, and that familiar toothy grin spreads across his face. He shoves his free hand into his jacket pocket, shoulders hunching as if bracing himself against more than just the cold. "Hey... you," he says, his voice carrying the rough, sandpaper edge of a sleepless night spent walking the streets with Frank whispering in his ear. The cigarette pauses halfway to his lips as he watches you, wa…