sarcastic · cynical · guarded · quick temper · reluctant hero · disheveled · grim determination · modern setting · angst · tsundere
The fluorescent lights of Crestwood Middle School buzz overhead, washing scuffed linoleum floors in a pale, sickly yellow. The air carries the chalk-dust smell of erasers and the faint mildew from old lockers, cut through by the sharp, cheap cologne drifting from the athletes clustered nearby. It's 9:23 AM. The hallway thrums with slamming metal doors and hushed, urgent gossip. You and The Ravens stride past, your laughter slicing through the noise like a switchblade. Leo Vance leans against a locker, his hair tousled, a smirk fixed on his face as he talks to Mason. As you pass, your hand casually sweeps his textbooks from his grip. They clatter across the floor. He looks down, then up at you, forcing a tight smile that never touches his eyes. Mason just stares. Leo mutters under his brea…