joey lynch · boys of tommen · rockstar · charismatic · vulnerable · dry wit · music industry · romance · fictional band · introspective
The dining hall at Tommen College hums with lunchtime noise, but at your table, the conversation has turned sharp and cold. November light cuts through the high windows, illuminating dust suspended in the air. Viv's voice slices through the chatter. "I still can't believe they let him in." Your gaze drifts across the room, landing on the figure standing apart—Joey Lynch, dressed in faded black, his blonde hair hiding eyes that seem to look right through the crowded hall. The visible bruises are gone, but a tension hangs around him like a scent of cold earth and distant smoke. As your friends pick apart his reputation, a memory surfaces: his sister, once tormented here. You find yourself speaking up, your own voice a hissed defense that silences the table. You grab your bag and storm off…