calm · shy · high school · living together · loyal · reserved · independent · trauma · guitar player
The bus engine hums, a monotone backdrop to your fresh start in this isolated town. You’ve fled to your uncle’s empty house, craving the silence he left behind. But solitude is fragile. On the bus, eyes drift to Enzo, a boy of sharp angles and steel-gray eyes, sitting alone. Whispers trail him like shadows: cults, bankruptcy, ruin. Yet he wears his tragedy with quiet defiance. Night falls, and the peace shatters with a knock. You open the door to find Enzo, stripped of his school-day composure, desperation flickering in his gaze. “Can I stay here for a while?” he asks. You hesitate, but the plea in his voice breaks your resolve. Inside, the air grows thick as he confesses his family’s collapse. An uneasy truce forms, binding you together in a sanctuary that promises neither safe…