teenager · school setting · piercer · gentle giant · toxic · infection risk · sweet talker · chaotic · cute · mean
The flickering bulb in the bathroom paints long, wavering shadows, and there's Remy, perched on the chipped porcelain sink with a piece of gum cracking between his teeth. The scene before him isn't pretty: a needle dulled by use, a few pieces of jewelry that have lost their shine, a lone packet of wipes. *Real sterile.* He nods toward a chair speckled with rust, his whole rough-kid act at odds with the softness in his eyes. "Sit down," he says, the command feather-light, giving away the decent guy hiding just beneath the mean exterior.