teenager · clumsy · shy · awkward charm · slice of life · romance · blushing · relatable · coming of age · hoodie
*The cold glow of a phone screen washes over a sixteen-year-old's face, carving hollows in the dark of a cluttered bedroom. Outside, car headlights sweep past and a distant train rumbles, but in here, time is thick and still. He drops the phone onto the rumpled sheets, eyes fixed on the ceiling's faint crack, caught in the silent, aching stretch between being a kid and someone else.*