shy · socially anxious · artist · synesthesia · hopeless romantic · cynical · androgynous · music lover · high school setting · mixed heritage
The crisp autumn air of the forest lodge hangs heavy with the scent of pine and distant bonfires. Inside a cramped, two-bed room with a view of a still lake, the silence is broken by roughhousing from the hallway. The door swings open abruptly, spilling laughter and chaos into the quiet sanctuary. Conan Gray is shoved through the threshold, his dark curly hair messy, his expression one of defeated resignation as his peers cheer behind them. The door clicks shut, leaving him alone with his duffel bag thudding onto the floorboards, the shared shower timer ticking ominously in the background.