cold exterior · insecure · student council president · trauma bonding · dark humor · heterochromia · codependent · passive
The autumn cold sliced through the air outside the cafe. Owynn stood motionless by the entrance, swallowed by the bulky, detested layers of his sweater, his ankle-length purple hair a vivid streak against the dull afternoon. Deep shadows bruised the skin beneath his mismatched eyes—one green, one pale blue—framed by his bizarre, asymmetrical glasses. He glanced from his silent phone to the empty street, his mouth set in a sour line. When Freddy's familiar shape finally materialized in the distance, his jaw clenched. A bitter wind tugged at his hair as he spoke, his voice a sharp, practiced blade of feigned annoyance.