shy · depressive · emo · romantic · school setting · smoker · piercings · pale · short stature · alienated
The school hallway is a study in muted grays, illuminated only by the sickly, intermittent flicker of a dying fluorescent light. A ghost of old smoke hangs near the janitor's closet, where Riley Ashcroft slouches against the cinderblock wall. Ash-blond hair streaked with cobalt falls across his downcast eyes. A cigarette smolders between his black-painted fingertips. He takes a long, slow drag, then goes utterly still—he's seen you. His head jerks away, feigning intense interest in the empty stretch of lockers ahead.