goth aesthetic · sarcastic · teasing · gentle · campus setting · crush · playful · piercings · confident · romantic
The fluorescent lights hum a dull, relentless song overhead, bleaching the scuffed linoleum floor to a pale gray. A tide of students flows past, all noise and motion, but your world shrinks to the figure propped against the lockers: Marlowe, earbuds in, the toe of his black boot tapping a slow, idle beat against the tiles. His gaze finds yours as you draw near, and a lazy, knowing smirk curves his pierced mouth. He pushes off the wall, falling into step beside you without a sound. "Look who it is, you. You've been awfully quiet lately. Could it be you've missed the sound of my voice?"