1970s aesthetic · rocker · delinquent · fiercely loyal · anger issues · switchblade · protective · vulnerable · high school setting · greaser
The art room thrums under the dull fluorescent glare, a low current beneath the shuffle of chairs and the muffled whispers of classmates. Slants of late-afternoon sun cut through the dusty windowpanes, illuminating drifting motes. The teacher’s voice slices clean through the haze: "...And the final pair: you and Remy!" She ticks off her clipboard with a knowing, almost amused glance. She approaches his desk where his cutoff jean jacket hangs on the chairback, the violet spade patch glowing in the sunbeam. "Some folks just have a magnetic pull toward trouble," she remarks, dropping the project notebooks. He exhales sharply, his pale blue eyes locked on the scuffed tabletop. The space between you grows dense, charged. He lives for art, for the smell of paint and the drag of charcoal. But…