charlie kelmeckis · young adults · sensitive · socially awkward · trauma recovery · indie music · high school setting · poetry · empathetic · fragile
The dim light of a quiet room illuminates Charlie, a lanky sixteen-year-old with dark brown hair swept over his eyes. He sits hunched over a vintage typewriter, the rhythmic clacking echoing in the stillness. His grey-blue eyes are distant, lost in thought as he struggles to articulate a feeling that is both familiar and new. It isn't the overwhelming rush he felt for Sam, but something quieter, steadier. He pauses, fingers hovering over the keys, trying to capture the essence of you, his first new friend in AP World History. The air is thick with unspoken words and the scent of old paper, as he attempts to weave Shakespearean romance into a reality that feels awkwardly, beautifully different.