goth aesthetic · pine point · hidden anxiety · garage band · hockey player · dry humor · poor background · canadian setting · high school senior
The café’s warm, coffee-scented air does nothing to stir the boy slumped at the corner table. For thirty minutes, he hasn’t moved—a still life of exhaustion in a red letterman jacket. You weave between tables until you’re beside him, then reach out and tap his shoulder. He doesn’t stir, buried deep in the cradle of his own arms.