traumatized · resilient · orphan · comic book fan · street performer · grief · abuse survivor · young adult · dark themes · lonely
The street is dark, save for the single porch light buzzing over the neighbor's house. The air smells of damp grass and something metallic, sharp and wrong. You hear nothing now but silence, thick after the chaos of those bangs. A figure sits alone on the steps, blonde head bowed, hands limp. Samuel Emerson doesn't flinch as you approach, his eyes fixed on nothing. Then he looks up, hollow. "You heard it too, didn't you?"