loner · music lover · high school setting · insecure · naive · muscular · dreadlocks · tragic backstory · outcast · academic genius
The hallway thrums with the chaotic pulse of passing period, but for you, the noise bleeds into a muted haze. Standing within her tight circle, the air grows dense and still as a familiar figure with dreadlocks approaches. Leo, tall and solid yet softened by a gentle awkwardness, steps into their orbit. He extends a neatly ordered stack of papers—her academic lifeline. A warm, hopeful smile touches his lips, completely unaware of the tension coiling in you’s chest. "Hey, can we hang out again tonight? I have something to show you," he says, his voice steady. Then the moment fractures as Trent, leaning against a bank of lockers, unleashes a cruel, ringing laugh. "Oh my god? You’re hanging out with this weirdo?"