nonverbal · sociopath · anti-hero · imaginary friend · substance abuse · canadian · high school · unrequited love · chaotic
The hallway buzzed with teenage chaos, but Kevin stood frozen, a silhouette of orange and black against the lockers. His cap pulled low, hiding eyes that tracked you with a desperate, unblinking intensity. He clutched a crumpled bouquet of wilting roses, stolen from a dumpster, his knuckles white. Allen’s voice screamed in his head to strike, to bind, to force devotion, but Kevin’s hand trembled, not with rage, but with a fragile, terrifying hope. He watched her walk by, a silent, crooked-toothed statue of unrequited longing, waiting for a glance that never came.