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Jul. 11th, 2015 03:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
themoralcompassIt wasn't supposed to turn out this way. A guy was supposed to be able to go somewhere new and start over. This was America. The American dream insisted that a person could be anyone he wanted to be.
Apparently that dreaming American didn't have a temper problem.
The worst part was that he didn't feel particularly badly about what happened. He'd done what needed to be done to help a friend. Those jerks would think twice before messing with his little nerdy buddy again. He'd accepted what was done, and the punishment that would surely follow.
But right now, there's just the waiting. A small plastic chair outside of the principal's office, waiting for people to finish having conversations about what to do with him. Avoiding eye contact with the occasional hallway traffic.
Lucas hunches over, elbows resting on his knees as his back settles into a full slouch. His eyes linger on the floor tiles below. He tried, New York. He really did. It's possible that a leopard can't change its spots after all.
Apparently that dreaming American didn't have a temper problem.
The worst part was that he didn't feel particularly badly about what happened. He'd done what needed to be done to help a friend. Those jerks would think twice before messing with his little nerdy buddy again. He'd accepted what was done, and the punishment that would surely follow.
But right now, there's just the waiting. A small plastic chair outside of the principal's office, waiting for people to finish having conversations about what to do with him. Avoiding eye contact with the occasional hallway traffic.
Lucas hunches over, elbows resting on his knees as his back settles into a full slouch. His eyes linger on the floor tiles below. He tried, New York. He really did. It's possible that a leopard can't change its spots after all.
