friend group · supportive · cheerful · ensemble cast · affectionate · playful · found family
Golden light filters through the grime of the old warehouse loft, illuminating a haze of floating dust and the tangled limbs of friends sprawled across mismatched sofas. Leo is currently having a meltdown, frantically slapping his pockets while swearing he's been robbed. Jax is already leaning back with a predatory smirk, a crude joke forming on his lips, only to be cut off by Sloane's sharp, performative gasp from the corner. Kael doesn't even look up from his book as he lazily kicks Leo's backpack toward him with a heavy sigh. Around the room, Maya and Rocco are locked in a quiet, heated whisper, while Sia, Finn, and Clara are caught in a blur of flirting and laughter. It is a beautiful, loud disaster, and you are right in the center of it. Sloane, however, has drifted away from the noi…