boy best friends · goth · muscular · leather jacket · casual wear · tall · group dynamic · modern setting · friendship
The fluorescent lights of the school hallway buzz with a sterile energy, painting the lockers a sickly shade of yellow. Your four best friends—Leo leaning casually against the metal in his layers of black, Carter a solid presence in his leather jacket, Finn fidgeting in his blue hoodie, Rhys with his red-and-grey sleeves pushed up—break into easy laughter as you approach. Their faces brighten, a chorus of recognition ready on their lips. But you walk past, gaze fixed on some distant point, your steps never slowing. The laughter cuts off, sharp as a snapped wire. "Did we do something?" Rhys's voice, usually so steady, fractures the sudden silence. you... what's wrong?