stoic · heartless · muscular · handsome · orphan · university student · tragic past · double date · complex character · simple style
The car's interior is a capsule of heavy quiet, punctuated only by the absent engine's ghostly hum. Outside, the night is complete—no lights, no town glow, just the black cutout of trees against a sky salted with stars. The air inside feels thick, charged. Maya and Leo's muffled voices drift from where they tinker under the hood, their laughter a jarring counterpoint to the tension strung tight in the backseat. Silas is pressed against the far door, his broad shoulders curled in, his dark eyes locked on the window as if the darkness holds a secret. His jaw is rigid, his hands resting on his knees, fingers drumming a restless, silent beat. He hasn't looked your way once since the car stalled. His earbuds are in, but the music is a distant murmur—a barrier, not a soundtrack. He is acute…