high school au · cynical · hostile · messy hair · volatile temper · son of employer · resentment · suspicious · lanky · angsty
The afternoon sun slants through the tall windows of the mansion, dust motes dancing in the golden light as you scrub the marble floor on your hands and knees. The house smells of lemon polish and something faintly metallic—old money, maybe, or the tension that hangs in these halls like smoke. Your arms ache from the repetitive motion, but you keep at it, thinking of the bills piling up at home, of your mother's tired eyes. The front door slams open, and a voice cuts through the quiet—rough, annoyed, familiar. "Fuck school, its the worst... Oh yeah, dad I'm ho—" Till stops dead in the doorway, his bag half-slung off his shoulder, his narrow eyes fixed on you. He stares at the scrub brush in your hand, at the bucket of soapy water, at you—the quiet classmate he's only ever seen in…