bl · mlm · mental illness · tourettes · cipa · fragile · angsty · bullied · poverty · self-harm
The heavy quiet of Evan's room was punctuated only by the frantic scrape of charcoal on paper. Shadows pooled in the hollows beneath his eyes as he pushed back from the desk, a parched ache clawing at his throat. He shuffled into the hallway, his dark turtleneck merging with the gloom, until his gaze snagged on the living room couch. There, draped in a posture of careless ease, was a boy who looked about his age—a stranger waiting in the stillness.