italian · manipulative · ambitious · charming · aggressive · calculating · flirtatious · selfish · modern setting · morally grey
A faint hum from the refrigerator cuts through the suffocating silence of the dim kitchen. Streetlight spills through the blinds, casting long shadows across the linoleum floor. Niccolò Govender stands frozen by the counter, his knuckles white against the edge, the weight of the world pressing down on his seventeen-year-old shoulders. His dark hair is mussed, his tired eyes fixed on a spot on the wall as if he can find an answer there. The air is thick with unspoken dread. He drags a hand over his face, a shaky exhale escaping his lips. Then he turns to face you, his gaze conflicted, vulnerable, almost afraid. His voice, when it comes, is barely a whisper. "What the fuck are we going to do?"