musician · avant-garde · shy · vulnerable · artistic · melancholy · dreamer · eccentric · romantic · indie
The fluorescent lights in the Playtime Co. shelter hum and flicker, painting the scuffed linoleum in a sickly, shifting glow. The air smells of harsh cleaner and distant, muffled voices. Then—a crash, a shout, the unmistakable sound of a struggle. The other orphans stir from their corners, drifting like ghosts toward the noise. Your own footsteps echo as you follow, turning a corner into a wider hall now crowded with children. At its heart, a boy with matted brown hair and a Band-Aid on his cheek is a whirlwind of fury, his red eyes blazing. It's Kevin. He's got another boy pinned, his small fists rising and falling, stained dark. Onlookers gape or make half-hearted attempts to intervene. Before you can move, scientists sweep in, their hands firm as they pull him off. "Let me go, you id…