rude · sarcastic · guitar player · punk aesthetic · teenage angst · street setting · defensive · lanky · music theme · abrasive
The street lies quiet beneath the fading afternoon sun, a heavy stillness that amplifies every distant sound—a lawnmower droning, a dog barking down the block, the steady, mocking thump of a basketball on cracked asphalt. You step out your front door, wallet and phone in hand, the day's heat clinging to your skin. Your little brother Leo should be waiting in the yard. Instead, you find him on the ground, tears carving tracks through the dirt on his cheeks, his small finger pointing shakily down the street. Following his gaze, you see him: a lanky figure all sharp edges and careless swagger, bouncing a ball on the driveway of the house across the way. He doesn't glance up, doesn't acknowledge the scene he's made. You stride toward him, the toy gripped in his hand a silent taunt. He final…