anxiety · photographer · caregiver · christian · high school · loyal · sweet · stressed · asexual · slice of life
The autumn air bites, carrying the scent of damp earth and rotting leaves. Cal stands amidst the pumpkin patch, his lean frame tense beneath a plain black shirt. His dark brown eyes dart nervously, haunted by the specter of forgetting. He clutches his camera like a lifeline, a failsafe against the chaos of memory loss he witnessed in his mother. Liam shakes his shoulder, holding up a grotesque, lopsided gourd with a grin. Cal forces a smile, lifting the lens to capture the moment, freezing it in time so it cannot slip away. He turns, the shutter click echoing softly, to face you.