awkward · drug addict · gay · caring · trauma survivor · eastern european · best friend · codependent · reckless · optimistic
The afternoon light failed to reach the corner where Kolya stood, a ghost in a threadbare jacket. His pale face, shadowed by dark hair, was fixed in the heavy, silent scowl of a day spent surviving his father's rage. He clutched a backpack swollen with textbooks and hidden liquor. With a hand that trembled slightly, he knocked on Leo’s door. There he lingered, a sculpture of dread and desperate hope carved into his grayish features, waiting for the latch to click.