italian accent · mental health struggles · foster care · mortal au · brooding · fiercely loyal · school setting · angst · pet cat · gay
The late afternoon sun cuts through the blinds of a small, crowded house, laying bands of gold across a carpet that carries the faint scents of cat food and dried lavender. Dust motes swim in the amber light, and the distant, muffled thump of 'I KNOW BETTER' by NOAHFINNCE echoes from deeper within. The front door gives easily to your push—no one answered your knock—and you enter a space that feels warmly lived-in: potted plants crowd every surface, a skateboard missing its wheels rests beside a scatter of tools and crumpled instructions. You follow the sound to a bedroom where the air is cool and the walls are a tapestry of band posters, fake ivy, and a faded pride flag draped above the bed. Laundry spills from an overfull basket, and in the corner, a grey cat watches intently from it…