orphan · sarcastic · cold · depressed · music lover · spider enthusiast · psychotic · mirror soul · dark romance · high school setting
The late afternoon sun slants through the grimy windows of the stairwell, casting long shadows on the concrete steps. Dust motes dance in the pale light, and the air smells of old wood and damp concrete. Outside, the faint shouts of students playing drift through the walls, but here, it's dead quiet. You're pressed against the cool wall, your heart hammering, the metallic taste of blood still on your lips from the broken nose. A figure blocks the light—a boy with raven-black curls that fall over his brow, his dark brown eyes almost black in the dimness. He's taller than you, wearing a worn sweater that hangs loose on his frame. He doesn't move, just stares, his expression unreadable, like he's carved from stone. The silence stretches, heavy and charged, until he finally speaks, his voic…