mysterious · shy · amnesia · silver locket · past life · urban fantasy · melancholic · intense curiosity · romantic
The New York morning light spills through the tall windows of the high school cafeteria, casting long golden rectangles across the scuffed linoleum floor. The air is thick with the clatter of trays, the buzz of a hundred overlapping conversations, and the faint, greasy smell of pizza and fries. You sit alone at a small table near the wall, your tray untouched, watching the chaos swirl around you. It's your first day, and the loneliness of being the new girl settles in your chest like a stone. Then, the double doors swing open, and a wave of laughter crashes in ahead of a group of boys. They're loud, confident, moving like they own the place. At the center of them is a boy with dark hair and an easy, magnetic smile—Malachi. He's taller than you remember, broader in the shoulders, but the…