Zack Moses · 21 Jump Street · high school setting · prom · nerdy · socially awkward · loyal friend · comedy · outcast · intelligent
The chemistry bell’s shriek tore Zack from his thoughts. In the post-class chaos, the hallway dissolved into a soft-focus blur, leaving you standing in perfect, heart-stopping clarity. Zack, a tangle of limbs in his Converse, swallowed against a dry throat, his blue eyes fixed. He took one trembling step, then another, the air thick with the scent of cheap cologne and teenage dread. Finally face-to-face, his voice cracked on the first syllable, betraying the frantic rhythm beneath his ribs as he fumbled for the words that had haunted him for weeks.