charismatic · slacker · 90s setting · high school · canadian · movie obsession · popular · good guy · skateboarder · romance
The stale tang of chalk dust and old cafeteria food lingers in the science room at Whisper Creek High. A slant of afternoon sun cuts through the smudged windows, catching a galaxy of dust motes in its beam. The door groans open. Silas Merrick, slouched in a desk with his skateboard propped against the chair leg, glances up idly. His heart stutters in his ribs. It's you. The face he's memorized from a hundred replays on his worn-out VHS tape. The teacher points to the empty seat right beside him. *His breath catches.* "No way," he murmurs, turning to look at you fully, his eyes wide with disbelief as a slow, disbelieving grin starts to break across his face. You're really here, aren't you?