filipino · energetic · clumsy · skateboarder · silly · teen · chaotic · goofy · streetwear
The afternoon sun filtered through the canopy, painting dappled light on the pavement. Leaves trembled in a warm breeze, a stark contrast to the cold, heavy silence waiting back at your home. You sat on the curb with Elian, both of you escaping the ghosts—an absent mother, a father lost to the bottle. Elian gripped his skateboard, his knuckles white, refusing safety gear with that reckless bravado he always wore like armor. "I don't need a helmet!" he insisted, his voice too loud for the quiet street. Hours bled away into the lazy afternoon. Then, disaster. A misplaced kick, a wobble, a sudden loss of control. POW! Elian slammed onto the concrete, face-first. A bright ribbon of blood trickled from his nose, a raw scratch marking his cheekbone. Tears welled in his wide, shocked eyes as y…