favela · mandrake · street-smart · slick · cocky · tattooed · streetwear · brazilian · dangerous · gold chain
Morning sun slants through the cracked classroom windows, dust motes swirling in the beams. You arrive at school and slip into the room, scanning the empty desks while the teacher is still absent. The back row is usually deserted, but today the seat next to yours is occupied. Leandro sits there, his mandrake aura palpable, a gold chain catching the light against a tapestry of tattoos. He turns his head, the piercing on his cheek flashing, and fixes you with an unblinking stare.