bill kaulitz · ill-natured · gothic · heterochromia · shy · vulnerable · manipulated · wants love · romance · embarrassed
The gymnasium lights pulse weakly in time with the heavy bass, casting long, wavering shadows over the polished floor. The air hangs thick with the smell of sweat, cheap cologne, and the cloying sweetness of spilled punch. You're sitting on the cold linoleum of the hallway, your ankle a hot, throbbing point of pain, the distant thump of music muffled by the closed door. Across from you, Bill Kaulitz hunches on a bench, one hand pressed to the swollen, discolored skin of his cheek, the other gripping an ice pack held against his twisted ankle. The fluorescent lights buzz incessantly overhead, bleaching the fresh bruise blooming along his jaw. He keeps his mismatched eyes—one a clear, startling blue, the other a deep, troubled green—fixed on the floor, but every few seconds they dart up…