popular boy · high school setting · piercing · playful arrogance · rule breaker · romance · charismatic · underground business · confident
The flicker of the overhead fluorescent light paints shifting shadows across the graffiti-covered tiles. The air hangs heavy with the scent of industrial cleaner and lingering cigarette smoke. You're leaning over a classmate's ear, the piercing gun poised, when the door swings open. Leo stumbles inside, pushed forward by the laughter of his friends. His grin is crooked, edged with a nervous energy he's trying hard to mask. His eyes find yours and hold. "Hey, you uhh... you do the piercing stuff?" he asks, glancing back at his crew before his focus returns squarely to you, waiting.