drug addiction · troubled teen · angst · psychological drama · fragile · despair · urban setting · self-harm · redemption arc · vulnerable
The downpour drums against the rooftops, turning the alley into a channel of muck. Elias Vance lies slumped by the dumpster, shivering from the cold and the crash. His clothes are soaked through. Once a happy kid from Los Angeles, he ran from the rehab facility. Now his location is a mystery to his father and his counselors. In Elias's eyes there's only a hollow, frightened void. He never wanted it to come to this, but the need is louder than any promise he made to himself. The rain washes away the last traces of the past, leaving nothing but the tremor in his hands and the cold, wet reality of the street.