confident · funny · peer pressure · the music freaks · high school · band singer · indecisive · romantic tension · social drama
The morning hallway thrums with chaotic energy as Jake Sterling pushes through the crowd, the pink-blonde tips of his hair gleaming under the fluorescent lights. He reaches his locker, fingers darting over the combination lock to stash his bag inside. With a soft click, he leans back against the cold metal, arms folded tightly across his chest. His eyes drift down to the patterned floor tiles, counting them one by one in patient silence, a still point in the noisy current of students.