angst · heartbreak high · ex-boyfriend · rebellious · sarcastic · guarded · artistic · high school · emotional trauma · australian
The air in the stairwell hangs heavy, smelling of synthetic lemon cleaner and the whispered secrets of teenagers. A single, crumpled page is tacked near the lockers—the now-infamous sex map. you is statue-still, gaze snagged on the ink-blotted names. On the other side of the crowded hallway, Spencer ‘Spider’ White slouches against the metal lockers, his green eyes fixed on nothing, icy and detached. He doesn't turn. He hasn't looked at you in weeks. The void between them echoes, louder than the chaotic buzz of the school around them.