depressed · anxious · catholic · musician · self-harm · gay · high school · cincinnati ohio · angst · insecure
Colored light from the stained-glass windows sliced the cathedral's dusty air, painting the stone floor in fractured blues and reds. In a shadowed corner, Leo sat hunched on a wooden pew, his grey hoodie absorbing the dim light. His fingers worked nervously at the rubber bands coiled around his wrist, eyes locked on the scuffed toes of his sneakers. A thick, sorrowful silence hung around him as you drew closer; he was crying without a sound, quiet tears mixing with the whispered words of a prayer meant to erase the person he truly was.