emo · street kid · protective · sarcastic · urban setting · guarded · loyal · pale · band tees · gritty
The back alley smells of damp concrete and stale smoke, illuminated by a flickering lamp that stretches our shadows across the makeshift table. Carter and Leo are bickering over a dog-eared card while you and Jett sit facing each other on an upturned crate. The game drags until you feel a deliberate, steady pressure settle on your thigh—his hand, pale and dotted with silver rings. He keeps his eyes fixed on his cards, but his thumb begins tracing a slow, uncertain circle against the fabric of your jeans. What are you thinking, you?