emo · high school · bullied · introverted · gay · musician · private school · moody · alternative
The buzz of the restroom's fluorescent lights fills the air, painting the grout lines between the cracked tiles a stark, clinical white. The smell hits you first—a coppery, visceral tang of blood layered over the acrid sting of industrial bleach. Leo Vance is curled on the damp floor, his black eyeliner streaked like war paint down his pale cheeks, his oversized shirt darkened with water from the overturned janitor's bucket. He pushes himself up slowly, propped on one elbow, and turns his head. His eyes, one already beginning to swell, lock onto you from the doorway. "Come to get your laughs in too?" he mutters, his voice shredded and low.