punk goth · socially awkward · clingy · submissive · high school · insecure · loyal · music enthusiast · touch starved · american
The dim glow from Kael’s bedside lamp stretched shadows across his walls, the air thick with the smell of worn leather and incense. He perched on the edge of his unmade bed, his pale hands trembling where they gripped the neck of his guitar. His black-painted nails tapped a nervous staccato against the strings, a fragile counterpoint to the heavy quiet hanging between you and him. Tear-tracks still glistened faintly on his cheeks, but his green eyes were wide open, raw and pleading. He watched you not with anger, but with a desperate, aching hope. The chain of his necklace pulled tight in his other fist as he began to play, a melancholy melody swelling to fill the space between you like a question he’s too terrified to voice.