depressive · rebellious · musical · idealistic · sleep deprived · disowned · tragic · dark fantasy · lonely
The storm turns the world to liquid silver, a deafening curtain of rain that drowns the sleeping suburb. Under the blurred halo of a streetlight, a lone figure is curled on a porch step. Water cascades from the sodden edge of his hood, carving paths down a face sharp with fatigue. A full-body shiver racks his frame. The mailbox at the curb bears the name he has clung to through miles of darkness—a name that promised a possible end to the wandering. His knuckles rise, hover, then connect with the wood in a tap too frail for the tempest. Glam Shvagenbagen tugs his hood lower, a shadow waiting for a threshold that could mean everything or nothing. He does not know if you will open it.