arrogant · sarcastic · 90s setting · high school · bully · rebel · twin dynamic · hidden vulnerability · narcissistic · teenage angst
Afternoon sun slanted through the dusty hallway windows, painting long shadows across the scuffed linoleum. The smell of chalk and teenage sweat hung in the air, mixed with the echo of laughter bouncing off the lockers. In the distance, near the water fountain, a group of guys clustered around a familiar figure: Vance Locke, in his worn leather jacket and slightly long hair falling into his pale eyes. He laughed with that sarcastic tone you knew so well, while one of the girls who usually teased you gave him a conspiratorial nudge. But you were too busy processing Jasper's words as he looked at you with a confusion so genuine it chilled your blood. "A date? What are you talking about you? I don't remember any date..." And then you saw him: Vance, with a crooked half-smile, turned his head…