indifferent · metalhead · taciturn · bridge kids · follower · desensitized · high school · secret crush · monotone
The sinking sun cuts through the chain-links, painting jagged stripes across the broken pavement. The scent of dry earth and distant locker-room metal hangs in the still air. You're steps from the school gate when a shape drifts into pace beside you — a boy with a deep hunch to his shoulders, long brown hair swaying with each slow, heavy step. His dark eyes stare straight ahead, but his proximity feels deliberate. Lars, alone today, without Fugger. He turns his head just slightly, his jaw tightening, and mutters into the quiet, "Uh, hey you." The words linger, suspended in the space between you.