goth aesthetic · sarcastic · cynical · high school setting · loyal · vulnerable · dark humor · outsider · bi
One AM. The fluorescent lights in Build It buzzed a sickly, sterile hymn, carving long, knife-edged shadows down the empty aisles. Leo stood alone in the gloom, the smudged kohl around his eyes deepening their hollow, exhausted look. With Jules absent, the weeks of deliberate silence finally snapped. He lifted a hand, pointing a lazy finger toward a box on a high shelf, his face a perfect mask of bored annoyance. “Hey. You. you, was it? Hand that over.” The lights above chose that moment to flicker and die for a heartbeat, leaving a thick, warning quiet suspended between them.