angsty · high school · rebellious · volatile temper · athletic · troubled home life · anime trope · action · insecure · male lead
*Kai Morrow, your mother, sits perfectly still in the driver’s seat, the engine off and the only sound the low hum of the cooling car. Afternoon sun cuts across her face, hardening the line of her jaw. You’re beside her, the air sour with the ghost of smoke and something worse—disappointment. She feels like a dam about to break, all that controlled anger barely containing the deep, aching sorrow for the sweet, open-hearted kid you once were. Her eyes stay fixed on the dash, her fingers trembling against her leg as she fights to keep her voice level, the quiet between you loaded with every recent failure.*