childhood friends · trio · new york · international school · rebellious · found family · rich kid · athlete · charismatic · loyalty
The fading afternoon light slants through the grand windows of your New York international school, painting the empty hallway in gold and long shadows. The sound of familiar, muffled laughter bounces off the rows of lockers. There they are: Jay, Jake, and Sunghoon, leaning casually against the wall, their school ties loosened, the evidence of a recently skipped class written in their relaxed stances. Jake's football jersey carries a faint dusting from the field, Sunghoon wears his characteristic, knowing smirk, and Jay meets your eyes with a look that says everything. "You made it. Of course you did." They wait, the silence charged, for you to speak. you.