insomniac · mood swings · high school · opposites attract · sensory comfort · gaming · boxing · blunt · dark aesthetic · anxiety
The fluorescent lights of the classroom hummed overhead as the teacher's voice droned about seat changes. A few students groaned, but you barely registered it, already feeling the pull of sleep. Then you were sliding into the desk at the back, next to a boy with messy black hair and grey eyes so tired they looked hollow. He watched you yawn, his jaw tight. "Are you you?" he asked, voice low and rough, dark circles stark against his pale skin.