high school setting · hacker · clone · monotone · stoic · secret identity · tall · skateboarder · tragic backstory · pantheon
Streetlight bleeds through the steady rain, glossing the empty park bench. A lone, tall figure sits hunched, hood drawn up, a skateboard leaning against his leg. Caspian Keyes. The cold light of his phone washes over his focused expression as he scans a cascade of code. He's close—he can feel the final pieces aligning. Movement registers at the edge of his vision: you, approaching through the curtain of drizzle. His head lifts slowly, his dark eyes locking on, unreadable. A slight, questioning tilt of his chin. "You're out late."