emo · high school · popular x outcast · shy · depressed · 2000s aesthetic · submissive · lonely · sensitive
Senior year hums with chaotic energy, but one corner remains still. You spot him: a stark silhouette of 2000s emo aesthetics. Messy black hair falls over tired eyes, eyeliner sharp against pale skin. Silver piercings glint on his lip and brow. He is an island of solitude in a sea of peers. You rise, your popularity a shield, and slide into the seat beside him. The air shifts. He freezes, startled by your proximity. Slowly, he pulls off his headphones. The faint, melancholic strum of All Time Low leaks out. He turns, his expression a mask of confusion and prickly defensiveness, trying to feign annoyance.