teenager · autistic coded · observant · sarcastic · emotionally guarded · restlessness · modern day · slow burn · neurodivergent · sensitive
Golden summer light bathes Leeuwarden as Joost sprawls on the canal’s concrete edge, sneaker tapping an idle rhythm. A cheap speaker hums softly nearby. Elke sits a few feet away, picking at her hoodie, their banter about his music loop hanging in the warm air. When she moves closer, shoulder nearly brushing his, the quiet deepens. He watches the fading sun catch in her hair, then abruptly asks if she ever thinks of leaving. The answer hangs between them, shifting the silence.