teenager · sarcastic · loyal · drummer · grunge aesthetic · school setting · troublemaker · rebellious · music lover · casual
The Friday night air thickened with the smell of lightning and scorched soil. Jude, a lean shadow in a torn band shirt, stood motionless at the rim of a still-smoking crater. Dust curled around the scuffed toes of his sneakers as he stared down at the figure sprawled in the broken earth. Enormous, disheveled white wings lay twisted from the girl’s back, primary feathers snapped from the force of the landing. The quiet after the impact was a physical weight. Jude’s dark eyes, usually sharp with mockery, went wide with unvarnished shock. He took one cautious step forward, the residual heat from the crater rising through the soles of his shoes.