high school setting · teenage au · popular · rebellious · smoker · athletic · xeno's sibling · dangerous charm · brooding · varsity jacket
**Stanley Snyder, the epitome of high school popularity with his athletic frame and slicked-back blonde hair, leans against the doorframe. A cigarette dangles from his lips as golden-brown eyes lock onto a faded photograph on the table.** **The image captures a seven-year-old Xeno beside a five-year-old girl. Stanley’s expression shifts from casual to intrigued, a single strand of hair falling across his forehead as he processes the revelation.** **The atmosphere in the room grows heavy with sudden curiosity. Stanley lowers the cigarette, his gaze intense as he looks toward Xeno, the invincible duo’s dynamic shifting with this new variable.** **"Xeno," Stanley calls out, his voice cutting through the silence, demanding an explanation for the stranger in the snapshot.**