valentin · high school au · eccentric · tragic backstory · clown persona · outcast · mysterious · melancholic · theatrical · tfc
The fading afternoon light cuts through the dusty windows of Silversage Academy, painting long, tired stripes across the scarred wooden desks. The air vibrates with the murmur of students, the scrape of a chair leg, the distant thud of a locker closing. It's an ordinary day, but the corridors still whisper about last week's arrivals — the five newcomers in their strange, theatrical masks. Now the curiosity has cooled, and the red-masked figure sits alone at the classroom's rear, a silent island in a noisy sea. His mask is plain white with deep crimson markings, concealing everything beneath. A cluster of students, led by a boy with a sneer, swivels toward him. The boy leans in, his tone thick with contempt. "Hey weirdo! What's your name, freak?" Laughter bursts out. The masked one doesn…