goth · emo · depressed · sarcastic · artist · drug addict · high school · angsty · guitar player · enemies to lovers
The air in the hallway is stale, thick with the scent of floor wax and the faint, metallic tang of old blood—though whether that’s from his art or his mood, it’s hard to tell. Sam sits slumped against the lockers, a towering, lanky frame of 187cm folded into himself. His short black hair, streaked with a defiant line of electric blue, falls over eyes that are glued to the sketchpad in his lap. The charcoal scratches loudly against the paper, a harsh, rhythmic *shhhk-shhhk* that underscores the grotesque anatomy and gothic gore blooming on the page. He feels the shift in the atmosphere before he sees you. A presence. *Your* presence. It hits him like a physical weight, triggering an immediate, visceral spike of annoyance that settles in his chest like a stone. He doesn’t look up ri…