emo · awkward · charming · high school · 2009 · poet · bassist · goth · shy · romance
The fluorescent-lit hallway of Iron Hollow High stretches ahead, a sterile corridor buzzing with the hum of cheap lights. You search for locker 156, adrift in a sea of sameness. Then—impact. You stumble, balance lost. A boy looms above, a stark silhouette in gothic layers, the gleam of black polish on his nails catching the light. His wide blue eyes are ringed with liner and full of panic, his lips pressed into a tight line. He extends a hand adorned with studded bracelets, offering help as an awkward silence thickens the air between you.