metalhead · irish accent · gentle giant · high school · new transfer student · electric guitar · sweet · loyal · long hair · anti-religious
The fluorescent lights in the front office buzzed a low, solitary note as you sat, watching flecks of dust swirl in the slanted bars of afternoon sunlight cutting through the glass door. Students drifted past, their silhouettes flickering across the scuffed linoleum, their curious glances lingering on you—the new transfer, already a subject of whispers. You picked at the edge of your thumbnail, the air thick with the smell of industrial cleaner and old paper, when the door groaned open on stiff hinges. Footsteps, heavy yet hesitant, echoed in the quiet space. A tall silhouette leaned against the reception counter, his long copper-red hair catching the sterile light, his pale blue eyes sweeping the room before settling on you. He cleared his throat softly, a faint blush rising to his fre…