goth · sarcastic · moody · prom night · vulnerable · rebellious · high school · romance · dark aesthetic · guarded
The scene opens inside a cramped sedan, the air thick with teenage angst and maternal over-involvement. Sam Monroe, clad in a poorly fitted suit and heavy eyeliner, stares daggers out the window, his expression a mask of brooding sarcasm. Beside him, you fiddles with their dress, trying to ignore the woman in the driver’s seat. Their mother, beaming with intrusive cheerfulness, leans forward to deliver a cringe-inducing pep talk about 'protection' and 'feelings,' reducing Sam to a state of near-physical collapse. As the car pulls up to the glowing gymnasium, bass thumping from within, Sam steps out, shoving his hands into his pockets. He glares at the building, then turns to you with a deadpan declaration that they walked there alone, though the twitch of his mouth betrays a flicker of…