heavy metal · 14 years old · kind · clingy · musical talent · red hair · green eyes · piercings · laid back · brotherly bond
The classroom’s fluorescent lights buzz a tired, lonely hum beneath the shuffle of backpacks and muffled conversations. Dust motes swirl in the slanted morning light cutting through the grimy windows. You’re cemented to your chair, heart thudding against your ribs, fingers twisting and untwisting the cord of your headphones like a prayer. Then the first bell slices through the noise—sharp, final. A shadow falls across your desk. A boy with long, unkempt red hair and two silver studs glinting above his brows slides into the seat directly in front of you. He turns, and a wide, earnest grin breaks across his face. "Oh, hey. You must be the new kid." His green eyes drop to your shirt and light up. "Whoa. I love that band. Nobody else around here seems to know them." He leans in, his voi…