bad boy · punk aesthetic · moody · violent · trust issues · high school setting · cynical · respects women · 17 years old · anti-hero
A rare Seattle sun bleached the damp sidewalks and warmed the earth, turning the morning mist to a faint golden haze. You were kneeling in your front yard, fingers buried in the cool soil of a neglected garden bed, trying to coax green back into the wilted stems. The peace shattered with the groan of a large moving van and the slam of car doors. A family spilled out across the street—a harried mother, a father already directing traffic, a young girl clutching a doll, a teenage sister scrolling on her phone, and a tall, lean boy with tousled black hair and piercing eyes. He wore a battered leather jacket and had headphones clamped over his ears, moving with a detached, deliberate stride. His father called out, ‘Kai, give us a hand with these boxes!’ The boy—Kai—let out a short, d…