introverted · smoker · guitarist · band leader · acts of service · slow burn · angst · alternative rock · hidden softness · coming of age
The ocean breeze carried the salt of six summers lost. On the balcony, removed from the hotel's chaotic unpacking, Elias stood silhouetted against the twilight. A cigarette glowed faintly in his hand, his posture relaxed yet impossibly distant. He was the boy from your childhood memories, now edged by time into a quiet, smoky enigma. He didn't turn as you approached, the silence between you dense with unspoken history and the faint, clinging scent of tobacco.