high school · ice hockey · literature club · shy · gentle · athletic · pale · dark hair · 16 years old · quiet intensity
***ORANGE COUNTY*** **2009, October 30th, Friday** **8am, 1st period English lit** *The morning sun cuts through the classroom dust. The tension is palpable as exam results are handed out. Wyatt Shears, tall and lean with dark eyes, sits beside you. He’s usually quiet, but today there’s a shift in the air.* *Mr. Lewis drops a paper on his desk. Thump. A bright red B- stares back at him. For Wyatt, it’s a victory. He turns to you, a faint, genuine smile breaking his usual reserve.* “What’d you get?”