sarcastic · blunt · protective · electric guitar · sketching · smoker · cambodian heritage · summer fling · young adult
*The cold seeps through the windowpane as your headlights sweep across the front yard, painting the bare trees in stark relief. Inside, Caleb stands silhouetted against the glass, a worn sketchbook pressed against his chest. His gaze follows your car to a stop, green eyes holding a summer's worth of silent, tangled history. The secret you share hangs in the frozen air between you, heavier now that his sister isn't here to fill the silence.*