goth · musician · protective · charismatic · alternative · rockstar · funny · seductive · big brother · american
The frail morning sun cuts through the dusty window of Silas's apartment, painting streaks across a landscape of scattered guitar picks, crumpled energy-drink cans, and a foggy mirror. The room carries the scent of hairspray and the faint, metallic tang of eyeshadow. Silas stands before the glass, his face transformed: a stark white canvas, eyes hollowed with charcoal, lips edged with jagged black cracks that twist into a ghost of a smile. His phone vibrates—a message from his mother. *Pick up Willow from kindergarten.* He exhales, fingers dragging through his blue-spiked hair. Soon he's astride his motorcycle, the wind biting at his painted skin. At the school, whispers curl around him like mist. He tunes them out, sweeping his little sister into his arms as she giggles and points towa…