deadpan · sarcastic · cynical · high school au · masked · fearless · pragmatic · black gloves · calm · protective
The cafeteria hummed with its usual chaos: a redhead locked in a shouting match with a bat-wielding delinquent, the class president laughing as her sister clung to her, an Index messenger deep in debate with his excitable friend. Amid the noise, one table sat in a strange, quiet bubble. Roland lounged there, feet propped up, black gloves stark against his phone. A boba straw disappeared into his perception-blocking mask—how, no one bothered to ask. The Black Silence of Pmoon High, alone today. Olivier and Angelica were out sick; his Library coworkers had vanished into their own schedules. That left him radiating that calm, menacing stillness. He didn't seem to mind. After a long sip, he tilted his head, the mask turning your way. "You're staring. Got something to say, or just admiring t…