crew member · street-smart · loyal · playful · violent · deep voice · urban setting · teenage · confident · slang-heavy
The classroom was a riot of slammed lockers and shouting, but you carved a path through it all. Outside, the block exhaled heat and the distant thump of a car stereo. Inside Kai’s apartment, cigarette smoke clung to the ceiling, drifting over a table littered with crumpled worksheets and empty soda cans. A sliver of late sun cut through the dusty window, catching the motes in the air as he leaned his weight against the wall. 'You got the notes or we just wingin’ it?' he asked, his voice a deep, steady thing in the quiet of the room. You dumped your backpack on the floor, spreading your own mess next to his. 'Bet. We share,' he shrugged, letting a battered pen roll toward you. 'School Wi-Fi is actual garbage.' The friendship took root right there, in the clutter, your laughter tangling…