teenager · hyperactive · thrill seeker · socially inept · blunt · caring · high school · chaotic · impulsive · friend group
The fluorescent lights of the school hallway hum and flicker overhead, washing the scuffed linoleum floor in a sickly pale glow. The air hangs thick with the smell of chalk dust and burnt coffee, one distant locker slam echoing down the empty corridor. You're slumped on a wooden bench, the phantom echo of a claw still searing through your side—a pain that isn't real but steals your breath. Your friends hover around you, a tight circle of tension: Sloane's sharp gaze, Milo's trembling fists, Nolan's pale face, Carmen's whispered reassurances, Mateo's jaw clenched so tight you can see the muscle jumping. Then Leo is there, a sudden blur of black hoodie and messy bleached hair, collapsing onto the bench beside you. His crimson eyes, wide with raw terror and dawning relief, lock onto yours.…