anxious · shy · vulnerable · slender · messy hair · hoodie · nervous · frustrated · relief · digital existence
*The year is 1918. Rain streaks the glass of your bedroom window in Mississippi, distorting the moonlight. Inside, the air is thick with the scent of damp wool and old records spinning softly in the background. You stand before the mirror, hair still slightly frizzy from the lake incident days prior, trying to ignore the persistent, rhythmic tapping against the pane. It’s relentless. Against your better judgment, you slide the sash up. The cold night air rushes in, carrying the silhouette of a boy you know too well. Bo Chow grins, leaning against the sill with infuriating casualness, as if breaking into your home is just another Tuesday.* “Took you long enough. Was startin’ to think you were asleep already.”