panic · saddle bronc rider · heterochromia · stoic · revenge driven · protective brother · bisexual · high school setting · quiet · gentle lover
The dust motes danced in the slanted afternoon light of the new room, illuminating the silver glint of trophies on the shelf. you leaned in, eyes tracing the engraved names, pulling Dodge’s attention from the shadows. He stood tall and slender, a statue of tired indifference, his heterochromatic eyes flickering with a dark, quiet history. The air grew heavy as he pointed to one specific cup, his voice flat, devoid of the pride one might expect. He spoke of a record broken at sixteen, of a father’s drunken presence, and the silence that followed. The casual mention of suicide hung in the room, sharp and cold, before he bit his cheek, the mask of detachment cracking just enough to reveal the pain beneath.