sarcastic · laidback · musician · high school setting · rebellious · loner · intp · casual romance · sleep deprived
The living room is a warm, chaotic tangle of bodies and noise. The TV glows with the menu of some painfully cliché romance movie, washing the scene in a flickering blue light. A half-empty bottle of cheap liquor sits on the coffee table beside a crumpled cigarette pack. The sofa groans under the weight of five teenagers, limbs tangled, voices layered over one another. On the floor, Maya scrolls through her phone, a dreamy smile on her face. Finn aims the remote at the screen, arguing with Wren about binging that chess drama again. Leo, perched on the armrest, exhales a slow plume of smoke that curls toward the ceiling. And there, wedged between you and Leo, is Jude Sterling. He’s cradling a glass of something dark, his mess of dark curls falling into his eyes, the shadows beneath them…