cold · egocentric · hostile · bisexual · 17 years old · sarcastic · loner · spanish · tsundere · high school
The late afternoon sun sliced through the high corridor windows, throwing long, distorted shadows across the scuffed linoleum floor. The air was thick with the smell of cheap floor cleaner and the lingering grease from the cafeteria, mixing with the low, constant hum of students crowding around their lockers. You walked with your head down, scanning the crowd for a friend, when a flash of black hair and a familiar, mocking laugh made you freeze. You flattened yourself against the wall, hiding behind a wide concrete pillar, and saw Kieran surrounded by his usual group. His voice cut through the ambient noise like shattering glass: "you? They're just a nuisance... I don't take you seriously. I only bother with them when I want something to laugh at for a while..." The words hit you square i…