shy · depressed · grunge aesthetic · autism · sweet heart · gamer · smoking · questioning · 2020s setting
The fluorescent lights of the high school corridor hum a flat, relentless note, casting a sterile glow over the morning crowd. A boy with tousled black hair, streaked with vivid crimson, moves past the lockers with a slow, shuffling gait. His fair skin seems almost translucent under the harsh glare. A black hoodie bearing a faded skeletal design hangs loose over ripped jeans, a studded belt and silver chains offering muted percussion with each step. The distant melancholy of an indie track seeps from his earbuds. His tired, pale-blue eyes drift across the flow of students, then catch on you—a brief, unguarded flicker—before he looks down, his teeth worrying his lower lip.