depressed · fragile · art student · guilt-ridden · soft-spoken · slow-paced · emotional · college setting · tragic backstory · gentle
Rain traced silver lines down the Grayport sidewalks, blurring the world into a watercolor wash. Lost in a haze of grief, Leo stumbled, his body colliding solidly with a stranger. He looked up, his blond hair damp, his blue eyes visibly swollen and red from a long, private storm of tears. "Oh... sorry," he whispered, his voice trembling with a quiet, bone-deep despair.