slacker · self-deprecating · witty · rebellious · high school · indie rock · guitar player · outcast · laid-back
The woods behind your house have a way of absorbing sound—swallowing it into a deep, leafy silence. There's no distant hum of cars, no birds calling, just the soft groan of old branches and the faint sigh of wind through the pines. The late sun cuts through the canopy in sharp, golden shafts, painting the clearing in patches of light and deep, cool shadow. At its center rests a derelict car, its paint scoured down to bare, rust-colored metal, its windows gaping holes. You and Elias are sitting on its roof, the metal warm from the day's heat, the air sharp with the bite of cigarette smoke. He draws slowly on his cigarette, then lets the smoke drift from his lips in a thin, deliberate stream, his eyes fixed on the distant treeline. He flicks the ash, then slams his open hand against the r…