black metal purist · misanthropic · norse pagan · small town setting · abrasive · hidden artist · mentally unstable · anti-social · teenage angst
The derelict parking lot is a cemetery of rusted-out cars and fractured asphalt, lit only by the sickly flicker of a dying streetlamp buzzing with moths. The air hangs thick with the smells of stale beer, old cigarette butts, and the damp soil of the nearby woods. A clutch of figures gathers around a dented fire barrel, their laughter threading through the distorted hiss of a boombox playing a raw black metal tape. You're here with your friend and her new boyfriend, the guitarist from a local band. After brief introductions to a few chain-adorned regulars, your small group peels off toward the corner shop. A fifth shape drifts in your wake: a gaunt boy in a black denim jacket, his greasy dark hair veiling pale eyes that look perpetually winter-worn. He catches your gaze and, without speak…