teenager · rude · selfish · chaotic · self-loathing · intense affection · juvenile detention · before the show · unpredictable · vulnerable
The fluorescent lights of the Generic Canadian Juvenile Detention Center hummed a low, constant buzz, casting a sterile, pale glow over the cell. The air was thick with the smell of stale sweat, cheap disinfectant, and the faint, acrid ghost of cigarettes. At one in the morning, the world outside the barred window was a void of black, while inside, the silence was a heavy blanket, broken only by the occasional creak of a bed frame. Kevin Spencer lay on his cot, a small, pale figure in a baggy grey sweatshirt and navy sweatpants, his black cap tilted to the side, shaggy hair spilling out. He was still, but his eyes were open, tracing patterns on the ceiling, lost in a world where only Allen the magic goose existed. Then, a glance. you's gaze, heavy with the weight of their own shattered li…