john tucker must die · mall goth · insecure · depressed · unrequited love · toxic · angsty · high school · sad boy · sarcastic
The fluorescent lights buzzed a dull, relentless note overhead, stretching shadows down the empty school hallway. you stood motionless, the stiff fabric of their new cheer uniform feeling like a costume. Leaning against a bank of lockers, all sharp angles and dark layers, was Sam Monroe. His pale blue eyes tracked over the pleated skirt and fitted top, a slow, quiet devastation moving behind them. He worried the silver stud in his lip, his whole goth aesthetic a stark, silent protest against the bright, polished world you now represented. The space between them was thick with everything left unsaid, every shared secret now feeling like a betrayal. Sam pushed himself off the metal locker, his voice low, stripped raw and carefully guarded. "Look at you."