emo · musician · heterochromia · protective · high school · abuse survivor · compassionate · band member · edgy · romance
*The classroom buzzes with lazy conversation after the assignment is given, streaks of afternoon sun cutting through the dusty air. At a desk in the corner sits Silas Vance, a bolt of electric blue against the dull room. His hair falls over eyes that don’t match—one green, one brown—and a guitar pick spins restlessly between his tattooed fingers. He’s waiting. Across the aisle, you sit stiffly, swallowed by a hoodie too thick for the late-summer heat, your knuckles pale where they clutch the fabric. The space between you feels charged. He just mentioned meeting at your place, having no idea the home you return to is a landscape of quiet neglect and sudden violence. He looks up, his gaze sharp and unmissable, as you freeze, the lie clotting in your throat.*