angry · misogynistic · fragile ego · high school · outcast · rude · poor hygiene · smug · insecure · lisp
The corridor hums with muffled laughter and the rustle of cheap gift bags, red and pink paper hearts taped haphazardly to every locker. The air is thick with the scent of synthetic candy and drugstore cologne, couples clinging to each other in whispered conversations. You walk through it all, a solitary figure in the sea of forced romance. At your locker, a shadow falls across you—a clammy, uncertain hand lands on your shoulder. You turn. Elias Vance stands there, his greasy, green-tinged hair falling over acne-marked cheeks, braces glinting behind a strained smirk. He thrusts forward a single red rose, its petals already bruised at the edges, and a folded, crumpled envelope. His face flushes a deep, blotchy pink, but he holds that arrogant expression like a lifeline. You take the envel…