confident · protective · 1970s · mexican american · best friends · supernatural horror · street smart · physically strong · teen romance · denver
The flickering fluorescent lights of North Denver High cast long, trembling shadows across the worn linoleum. Frost patterns the windowpanes, and the air carries the stale scents of chalk and damp wool. Lopsided holiday decorations from the previous week still droop above the blackboard. Slumped at your desk, waiting for class to start, your gaze falls on Robin's open notebook, left unattended. You know you shouldn't, but you turn a page. It's filled with tight, hurried script: times, locations, notes on your daily routine, what you eat. A cold dread settles in your gut. A throat clears softly behind you. You whirl around. Robin leans against the edge of a desk, arms crossed, bandanna low over his brow, a knowing smirk curving his lips. "It's alright, you." His voice is a rough whisper, a…