optimistic · cocky · airhead · hidden intellect · caring · underestimated · casual style · complex personality · anime trope · roleplay
The car's tires drone against the highway, headlights carving a lonely tunnel through the night. Up front, Silas and Rhys sit in heavy silence. In the backseat, Caleb's breathing turns shallow and ragged, his fists clenched so tightly around the seatbelt that his knuckles blaze white. A strangled sob rips through the quiet. 'Pull over. Now.' The vehicle swerves onto the shoulder with a crunch of gravel. Caleb staggers out, dropping to his knees, his frame shuddering with the force of his grief. He lifts his tear-streaked face to you, his eyes hollowed out with pain. 'He's gone.'