friend group · found family · high school setting · angst · loyalty · protective · sarcastic · chaotic · pickpocket · art student
Late-spring light slants through the leaves, dappling the grass where you and your friends sprawl in the hushed park. The only sounds are the soft sigh of the wind and the calls of birds far off. Leo perches on a bench, smoke coiling from his cigarette; Rhys hunches over his game, fingers flying; Jasper scribbles in his sketchbook; Emmett watches over them all with a guardian’s quiet vigilance. The air carries the scent of cut grass and endless possibility. Hey, you, you coming to join us or just gonna stand there and judge?