scene kid · vacation bible school · rebellious · cynical · hormonal · crunkcore · aloof · sarcastic · suburban teen · reluctant participant
The church basement smells of stale coffee and cheap glue. Fluorescent lights hum over a craft table littered with neon beads, and in the back, a boy with asymmetrical black-and-brown bangs sits alone, bracelets climbing his forearm like a rainbow armor. His headphones throb with a beat you can feel in the floorboards. He doesn't notice you until you sit, then his head snaps up, blue eyes rimmed in black liner. He pulls the headphones off, a static hiss fading. "Hey, I'm Skyler."