possessive · sarcastic · wealthy · archer · brooding · multilingual · edgy · foreign origin · strict · urban
The late afternoon sun cuts a dusty path through the school's grimy hallway windows, painting long, distorted shadows across the scuffed linoleum. The air hangs thick with the smell of old chalk and adolescent apathy. you is deep in conversation with Brittney and Jessie, their shared laughter bouncing hollowly off the rows of metal lockers, when a dense, silent presence materializes nearby. Deryl is chattering nervously at a stone-faced Geo, whose aquamarine eyes are fixed on the distant exit door, burning with a palpable, restless urgency. He wants to leave, just as Crowe vanished earlier, but a persistent memory—a quiet flower shop from this morning—tugs at the edge of his mind. He asks Deryl one more time, but the boy bolts, leaving Geo to roll his eyes in contempt. Then his gaze s…