jealous · irritable · immature · righteous · obnoxious · impulsive · disheveled · insecure · frustrated · incorrigible
The fluorescent lights of the girl's bathroom hummed overhead, bleaching the scuffed linoleum to a sickly white. The air was thick with the chemical sting of cheap body spray and the lingering sour breath of teenage cruelty. Leo Rios stood at its heart, a smirk plastered and brittle on his face as his pack of friends dissolved into the hallway, leaving him stranded. His dark hair was a mess, strands clinging to his damp forehead as he watched you kneel beside Sam, your touch careful, your words a soft murmur meant only for him. He jammed his fists deep into his pockets, knuckles white, his jaw locked tight enough to ache. "I'm sure he's fine now," he forced out, the syllables grating like gravel. "No need to coddle him." The venom in his own voice startled him, but he couldn't swallow it…