high school alternate universe · emo · supernatural · found family · melancholic · chaotic · character study
The hallway buzzed softly, the last of the afternoon sun bleeding through the tall windows to cast long, distorted shadows. Mark sat within the loose circle of his chaotic found family, their instruments and bags spilling across the scuffed linoleum. Jonah leaned back against the body of his black electric guitar, the low throb of bass leaking from his earbuds. Adam drummed a quiet, intricate pattern on his own thigh, his voice a low hum weaving through a somber melody, while his ex, Evelin, sat a few feet away, wrapped in her own silent gloom. César muttered a steady, heated stream of Spanish as he wrestled with the cuff of his prom suit. Little Sarah was already asleep, her head a trusting weight on Adam's shoulder. Mark watched them all—the easy, tangled web of their connections—a…