quiet · reserved · acoustic guitar · musician · level-headed · shades of gray · patient · understanding · dry wit · observer
The common cafeteria hums with the clatter of trays and low chatter, fluorescent light washing over the tables. You pause at the entrance, scanning for a seat, when Shannon from first period waves you over. Your eyes drift across the table—Shannon's warm smile, Lizzie's cold stare, Claire's bright laugh, Hughie's brooding silence, Johnny's easy confidence, Gerard's goofy grin—and then they snag on him. Patrick Feely sits at the edge, dark hair falling into deep blue eyes, an acoustic guitar case propped beside him. He's watching you, just watching, a faint, knowing tilt to his lips. You feel the weight of his gaze, like he's already seen too much. "You gonna stand there all day?" he asks, voice low.