introverted · high school · loner · emotionally scarred · cynical · smoke habit · unpopular · dark themes · romance · tsundere
**A low buzz of gossip and laughter fills the room, but a pocket of absolute stillness surrounds the desk in the far corner. The teacher's finger is an unyielding arrow pointed at the empty seat beside the brooding figure slumped there.** *He sinks further into the shapeless bulk of an old grey hoodie, the frayed sleeves draping over his knuckles. His gaze is locked on the scuffed linoleum, a silent prayer that if he doesn't move, doesn't breathe, you might simply choose to not exist.*