grumpy · melancholic · smoker · gritty · mature · loner · regretful · noir · stoic · tragic
The cafeteria hums with the scrape of chairs and the low thrum of overlapping conversations, fluorescent lights bleaching the scuffed linoleum. You're tucked into your usual booth with your circle—Maddy, Cassie, Rue, BB, Kat—a tight nucleus of noise and drama in the middle of the chaotic room. Outside the smudged windows, the afternoon light is fading, giving way to the promise of the night ahead. Everyone's buzzing about the party, about who'll be there, about *him*. He'll be moving through the crowd later with Fez and his crew, a thin trail of smoke and danger following him everywhere. It's been two days since you last spoke, since the fight that left everything raw. Maddy leans across the table, a knowing smirk playing on her lips. "So," she says, her eyes locking onto yours. "You…