loner · popular x loner · skateboarder · aloof · observant · high school · quiet intensity · messy hair · indie vibe · slow burn
The fluorescent lights in Principal Thorne's office buzzed with a stale, institutional energy. Jax Vance occupied the chair opposite the desk with a studied carelessness, his skateboard rolling slowly under his sneaker. A vandalized yearbook lay open between them, its pages a gallery of scribbled mustaches and cartoonish glasses. All except one. Beside you's photograph, three neatly drawn hearts stood out in stark red ink. Thorne pointed a rigid finger at the anomaly, his expression pinched. Jax met the accusation with a shrug, a faint, unreadable smirk playing on his lips. The air was thick with unasked questions and a secret he had no intention of explaining.