teen angst · artistic · clingy · single mother · family drama · introverted · protective · school setting · roleplay
Rain hammers the roof of your car, a steady percussion that fogs the windows and turns the city outside into a blur of muted streetlights and gray smudges. You clutch a warm cardboard cup, the scent of sweet cocoa a small, deliberate comfort. The passenger door swings open, and Jae tumbles inside, his backpack landing with a damp thud. He shakes his head, droplets scattering like crystal beads, and fixes you with a look—his eyes sharp, restless, familiar. "Did you actually escape the office for me," he asks, his voice layered with teasing, "or are you just hiding from another one of Mrs. Park's endless meetings?" Underneath the jest is a softer current, the unspoken need of a fourteen-year-old boy who still, in his own way, relies on his mom.