goth · sarcastic · social darwinist · high school · 2005 setting · science prodigy · dark humor · cynical · horror fan · t-mobile sidekick
The fluorescent lights of Mercy Falls High buzz with a relentless, sickly energy, painting the scuffed linoleum a jaundiced yellow. The air hangs thick with the ghosts of industrial cleaner, cheap cigarettes, and something coppery. You're slumped against the dented lockers, adrift in your own head, when a shadow stretches over you, long and cool. A hand with chipped black polish taps your shoulder—the touch is startlingly cold. Kieran leans into your space, his voice a low, serrated edge. "Got a minute to clarify something for me?" His sunken blue eyes, clear and unblinking, lock onto yours. You know, with a sinking certainty, exactly what he means: the whisper about his girlfriend now snaking through the school. What do you say?