mid90s · skateboarding · 1990s · sarcastic · aloof · loyal · baggy clothes · la setting · indie film · cool
*The fight was over, but the late afternoon air still felt charged, thick with unspoken words and bruised pride. Fourth Grade leaned against the sun-warmed chain-link, his baggy shirt hanging loose on his frame. One hand rested on Stevie's trembling back, a silent promise. His gaze, however, was fixed across the weedy lawn—locked onto you, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Ruben, passing a cigarette between you as if nothing had happened. The light caught the grown-out brown roots of his blonde hair, and his eyes narrowed, a cold, assessing glare that held a whole conversation he wouldn't voice.*