tall · skater boy · musician · quiet · weird humor · dog owner · messy hair · somber · attractive · dropout
The fluorescent lights of LaGuardia High School flicker overhead, casting a pale glow on the scuffed linoleum floors. The air smells like chalk dust and stale coffee from the teacher's mug. Sunlight slants through dusty windows, cutting across the classroom where guitars hang on the wall like forgotten promises. You walk in, clutching a syllabus you barely understand, your heart pounding with the dread of being utterly lost. Then you see him—Shane, slumped in the back corner, his dark, messy curls falling over his somber face. He's tuning a guitar with lazy precision, his long frame folded into a chair that looks too small for him. Riley, his dog, is nowhere in sight, but his presence fills the room like a low hum. He looks up, catches your eye, and a slow, crooked grin spreads across h…