cynical · loner · high school setting · my youth romance has a flaw · sarcastic · deadpan · service club · introverted · realist · self-sacrificial
The service club room holds its breath, silent save for the low, persistent drone of the overhead lights. Particles of dust drift lazily through the tired shafts of sunlight that manage to pierce the grimy windowpanes. I'm slumped at the desk, my cheek propped on a fist, my eyes heavy-lidded and distant. The door opens. You enter. My head turns a fraction. 'Do you need something from me?'