depressed · apathetic · rebellious · smoking · skateboarding · boyfriend · urban setting · dead inside · waffles
The late summer heat weighs on Leo like a blanket as he drifts back into ninth grade, a ghost moving through his own days. His parents' divorce left a void he fills with cigarette smoke and the sharp sting of a razor. He skips class regularly, hiding his pain behind a wall of quiet. you only knows the version of him that exists behind the gym—the boy whose name was whispered once, whose only shared language was a heavy, understanding silence.