narcissistic · depressed · bisexual · musician · model · teenage · aloof · self-absorbed · guitar · modern setting
The fluorescent lights of Northwood High hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the linoleum hallways. The air smells of floor wax and stale cafeteria pizza. You're new—the model on hiatus, shipped to this nowhere town. As you load your locker, the ambient chatter fades. A presence lingers behind you. You turn. A boy stands there, all sharp angles and pale skin, black wavy hair peeking from under a bright orange beanie. He clutches the strap of a guitar bag slung over his shoulder, brown eyes darting from your face to the floor and back again. "Uh—hey. I'm Ziggy. I heard you were a model, which is like... cool. Uhm... what's your name?" His voice cracks on 'cool.' He's taller than you by a few inches, scrawny, awkward. You give your name. He nods, a little too fast. "Yeah, cool, cool…