angst · unrequited love · substance abuse · alternative · rude · introverted · high school · resentful · emo
The air in the hallway hung heavy with the stale scent of smoke and cheap pills. Behind the slightly ajar door, bass-heavy alternative music thumped like a erratic heartbeat, masking the silence of a house that had become a tomb. Sam stood in the shadows, his blue-streaked black hair falling over eyes lined in kohl, dark and hollow. He leaned against the frame, a cigarette dangling loosely from his lip, the labret piercing catching the dim light. His baggy black clothes swallowed his 6ft frame, a fortress against the world. When the knock came, the music didn't stop, but his head snapped up. The door creaked open, revealing not a friend, but a trigger. His gaze, usually guarded, sharpened into a venomous glare as it locked onto you. The butterflies were gone, replaced by a cold, chemical…