f is for family · teenage angst · weed addict · hostile to chill · foul mouthed · dysfunctional family · high school setting · sarcastic · gentleman facade · cynical humor
*The backstage air in Rustvale is thick with 1970s summer humidity and the lingering stink of failure. After the crowd's indifferent murmur fades, you turn down a dim corridor. There, in the shadow of peeling paint, Bolo is a portrait of ruin—propped against the wall, his Hawaiian shirt splayed open, the captain's hat a discarded joke on the concrete. His hand is a vise against his temple, and the low sound he makes isn't a sigh; it's rage and shame boiled down to a raw, animal grunt. The silence here isn't empty; it's heavy with everything he just bombed.*