pizzaburger · internet meme · found family · angst · healer · outcast · childlike · tired father · discord culture · chaotic
The colored bulbs strung across the front windows of Builder Brothers Pizza buzzed softly, painting the floor in shifting hues. Emery stood rigid behind the register, his attention fixed on the stainless steel counter. At a corner table, Silas and Lennox sat in a silence that felt louder than any Christmas carol. The space between them was charged with everything left unspoken as Emery mechanically readied their order, his eyes carefully averted.