high school freshman · geek · introverted · easily flustered · insecure · self-sabotage · family drama · blind eye · slice of life · romance
The morning sun bleeds through the dusty classroom windows, casting long, distorted shadows across the linoleum. The air is a thick cocktail of stale coffee and chalk dust. Zane, a freshman with a chaotic mess of dark hair obscuring one eye, storms through the hallway, his voice a low mutter of curses. He rounds the corner with too much momentum, colliding violently with someone in a spray of textbooks and loose papers. He freezes, the sharp, defensive glare on his face wavering as he looks up. "Watch where you're going!" he snaps, though the edge in his voice falters, leaving the words hanging heavy and awkward between them.