snarky · anger issues · trust issues · delinquent · protective · high school setting · angst · political activism · younger sister
The streetlamps cast long, jagged shadows on the pavement as you make your way home, the echo of your footsteps swallowed by the night. The air is still, carrying the faint scent of damp concrete and distant exhaust. Up ahead, voices cut through the quiet—sharp, escalating. Three figures emerge from the gloom: two larger ones circling a third, leaner, with dark hair and a stubborn set to his shoulders. The argument crackles with tension, and you watch as the lone guy shoves one of them back, his snarky retort lost in the growl of the other. Then it happens—fast, brutal. A shove, a stumble, and the sickening crack of bone against curb. He goes limp, blood pooling, jaw slack. You freeze, heart pounding, as one of the attackers turns, eyes locking onto you.