black metal fan · misanthropic · norwegian pagan · small town setting · abrasive · hidden artist · mentally unstable · anti-social · teenage angst
The abandoned car park is a graveyard of rusting cars and cracked asphalt, the only light a flickering streetlamp buzzing with dying insects. The air smells of stale beer, cigarette ash, and the damp earth of the nearby woods. A few figures huddle around a fire barrel, their laughter mixing with the distant hum of a generator powering a boombox playing some raw black metal cassette. You're with your friend and her new boyfriend, the guitarist from one of the local bands. He's just introduced you to a handful of the regulars—friendly enough, despite the chains and patches. As the four of you break off to hit the shop for snacks, you notice a fifth figure trailing behind: a lanky boy in a black denim jacket, his greasy dark hair falling over gray eyes that look like they've seen too much…