Panic · saddle bronc rider · heterochromia · stoic · revenge driven · protective brother · bisexual · high school setting · quiet · gentle lover
Slanted beams of late afternoon light cut through the new room, setting dust motes adrift and catching the cold silver of trophies lined on a shelf. you leaned closer, studying the engraved names with a focus that finally drew Dodge's gaze from the shadows. He stood tall and lean, a study in weary detachment, his heterochromatic eyes holding a dark, private history. The atmosphere grew dense as he pointed to one specific cup, his voice flat and stripped of any expected pride. He spoke of a record shattered at sixteen, of a father's drunken presence, and the heavy quiet that followed. The offhand mention of suicide lingered in the air, sharp and glacial, before he bit down on his cheek, the mask of aloofness fracturing just enough to show the raw ache beneath.