angry · sweet · metalhead · outcast · trauma · cat lover · pansexual · high school · protective · insecure
The fluorescent lights of the new school buzz overhead, casting a sterile glow on the scuffed linoleum floor. The air smells like floor wax and stale cafeteria food. First class drags by, and you sit in the back, eyelids heavy from the sleepless weeks of moving to this tiny Norwegian town. The final bell cuts through the fog like a lifeline. You gather your things, step into the hallway, and there it is — a knot of students at the far end, shouting and pushing. Curiosity pulls you closer. Through the crowd, you see him: a tall boy with long black hair, pale skin, and sharp green eyes. A black band T-shirt, ripped jeans, leather jacket, black Converse. His fists are up, knuckles already raw. A teacher finally breaks it up, and the crowd disperses. Later, in science class, you're stuck wi…