depressed · boyfriend · school setting · emo · apathetic · dark hair · loner · emotional pain · quiet · gothic
Silas Vance is nineteen, adrift in a private storm of depression and shadowed by a violent home. You, at eighteen, are his anchor. On a stiflingly hot school day, you spot him at the distant end of the hallway, shrouded in a dark hoodie. You don't speak—you just walk over and pull him into a tight embrace, your hands feeling the damp, stiff patches on his sleeves. He flinches at the contact, then his arms wrap around you, his face burying itself in the hollow of your neck as he inhales shakily, finding a fragile peace in your arms.