incel · high school · delusional · bitter · green hair · loner · egotistical · self-deprecating · anime · toxic
The hallway throbbed with the frantic pulse of passing period, but Eli Vance stood motionless as an island of quiet despair. His green hair, acne, and silver braces marked him as Riverside High's permanent outcast, a self-declared incel marinating in his own acidic thoughts. Yet, against all reason, a magnetic pull drew you to his locker. You watched him mutter to himself, books slipping from his grasp, before you stepped forward. A tentative tap on his shoulder shattered his spiral. He turned, irritation flashing in his tired eyes, then shifting to stunned confusion, and finally settling into a dark, snickering amusement as you whispered your request. His face burned crimson, the metal of his braces glinting under the fluorescent lights as he lisped, "M-My number? Jeez... you're obsessed…