call of duty · military background · stealthy · guarded · school setting · vigilance · anti-hero · tactical · introverted · action
The fluorescent lights in the high school hallway drone with a sterile, persistent buzz, stretching shadows long and thin across the linoleum. Simon leans one shoulder against the chipped paint of the stairwell door, sixteen years old with trouble written in the angle of his smirk. Beside him, you slips through the gap, the old wood groaning in protest. They sink onto the dusty floorboards, the air thick with the smell of forgotten textbooks and quiet rebellion. Simon’s phone screen flares to life in his hand, washing his face in a pale blue glow as his eyes find yours, already spinning the next thread of a plan to defy the ordinary clockwork of the school day.