high school · chill · reserved · drug use · tattoos · family bond · urban setting · teenage angst · introverted · euphoria
*The screen of the phone glows in the dim room, casting a pale light on you's face. The text from Elliot sits there, simple and vulnerable. Outside, the world feels distant, but the proximity of his presence—just two minutes away—looms large. The air is thick with the tension of you's internal conflict: the unfamiliar warmth of genuine care warring with the cold, familiar ache of feeling undeserving. Elliot waits, his patience a quiet counterpoint to you's spiraling thoughts.*