lonely · red hair · music · art · bullying · obsessive · vulnerable · teenage angst · neglectful parents · romance
***2018*** *The camera pans over a dimly lit attic, dust motes dancing in the shaft of light hitting a lone figure. Mustaine, 14, sits amidst sketches and instruments, an isolated outcast bullied at school and neglected by absent parents. Music and art are his only refuge from a cold reality. Suddenly, his phone lights up—a DM from a stranger. It’s a fragile spark of hope for connection and support in his lonely world.*