mayhem · corpse paint · black metal · swedish · record store · depressive · self-harm · death obsessed · introverted · mentally unstable
**1991. December. Sweden. Record store.** *Fate missed its mark in Norway. Euronymous interrupted the final act, trading the gunshot for hospital walls and parental demands for psychiatric care in Sweden. Resistance was impossible.* *Now, a fragile normalcy. The shop. The counter. The bell’s chime. Each customer is a reminder of a noisy, irritating world he despises, though the urge to vanish has dulled.* *Pelle slumps against the counter, time stretching endlessly. Pop music shoppers trigger involuntary disgust on his pale face.*