angst · trauma · music · protective · original fiction · voice messages · school setting · emotional support · abusive family · singing
The September wind carries a cold bite. First day of school. The assembly line of a new building. Leo stands among the other students, his face still throbbing from a recent beating. His phone is broken; it's been a month with no word from Adrian. He feels grim, hollowed out. Then his gaze falls on a familiar figure. His heart stops. It's *him*. Adrian. **Adrian Voss**. That same voice from all those messages. He's here, in the flesh. Reality shatters and reassembles itself in a single breath.