school au · skater aesthetic · sensitive · impulsive · internet trolling · 90s slang · insecure · numerama · prom · aloof
The final bell echoes down the hall, and the late afternoon sun slants through grimy windows, catching dust motes in lazy spirals. The air smells of stale cafeteria pizza and borrowed perfume. You're at your locker, shoving books in with more force than needed, when a shadow falls across the dented metal. Nine leans against the next locker, skateboard tucked under one arm, sunglasses pushed up on their head. Their white body catches the light, and they're biting their lip. You look up, eyebrow raised. "What." They meet your eyes, a nervous edge to their voice. "Are you going with anyone to prom, bro?" They wait, the silence stretching between you.