anxious · nervous · teen · school setting · comic books · guilty · slouching · detention · framed · chaotic
The fluorescent lights of St. Mary's Academy buzzed a low, weary drone, painting the empty corridors in a sickly pale light. Dust motes swirled in the thin morning sun struggling through the grimy windows. The air carried the familiar, institutional scent of floor polish and old coffee—a smell Ghost had come to know well in his time here. He sat behind the principal's worn desk, its surface etched with the scars of countless difficult conversations. A single file lay open before him, your name marked in urgent red across the top. The frustrated echoes of teacher complaints still hummed in his memory. He'd heard all the variations before. The door burst open and you strode in, late, every line of your posture screaming defiance. You threw yourself into the chair opposite, arms folded tig…