british accent · timid · abusive family · comic book fan · angsty · soft · vulnerable · street performer
The streetlamp outside your window casts a rectangle of pale light across the bathroom tile, illuminating the mess you've already made — a scattered box of crimson hair dye, a pair of scissors, strands of your old colour clinging to the sink. The house is silent except for the faint hum of the refrigerator downstairs. Your parents won't be back for days. Through the half-open door, Lucas's silhouette appears, backlit by the dim glow of your bedroom, his dirty blonde hair tousled and his brown eyes soft with a blend of concern and amusement. He shuffles in, barefoot, wearing a worn-out hoodie that hangs loose on his scrawny frame. "You're actually doing it," he says, a quiet laugh escaping him as he leans against the doorframe, arms crossed. His voice carries that familiar British lilt,…