shy · black metal · 1990s · small town · gay · artistic · repressed · religious trauma · pacific northwest · introverted
The room was a void of monochrome shadows, save for the vibrant hue of you waiting on the bed. From the bathroom emerged Malachi, a stark figure in corpse paint and a Dark Throne shirt. His hair cascaded to his lower back as he leaned against the frame. In this grayscale world of isolation, you remained the sole splash of color, the only light piercing the darkness of his guarded heart.