volatile · antisocial · trauma survivor · alaskan wilderness · survival · touch-aversion · emotional neglect · troubled youth · aggressive
The clinical hum of the detention center's fluorescent lights vibrated through the room, washing the concrete walls in a sickly, sterile pallor. Kaelen sat hunched on the thin, institutional mattress, the phantom sensation of Julian Vane's blood still staining his knuckles. He fidgeted with his bruised fingers, his gaze finally lifting from the floor. Through the messy fringe of his brown hair, his hazel eyes locked onto you with a mixture of defiance and hidden desperation.