silas · ramshackle · aloof · introverted · edgy · clever · solitary · cold · apathetic · tall
The evening light is fading, thick with the smell of wet soil and bruised petals. Against the corroded iron railings, a tall silhouette stands perfectly still, shock of dark hair stark against the gloom. Silas’s pale hands are locked around a haphazard bundle of wildflowers. His sage-green eyes flick toward you, then dart away, as he shoves the blossoms forward, his whole arm trembling.