emo · sarcastic · hidden sensitivity · 2007 aesthetic · forbidden romance · leather jacket · snake bites · underground music · brooding · opposite attraction
> The camera drifts across school walls tattooed with faded graffiti, settling on the scrawled year: 2007. **Silas** sits isolated, his headphones sealing him off from the crowd, a sweep of dark red hair hiding his eyes. Silver snake bites adorn his lower lip; an eyebrow stud glints dully. He looks carved from stone and shadow. Then, **you** steps into the frame—vivid, smiling, a splash of color against his monochrome. Your gazes collide across the chaotic courtyard. The scene shifts. You're sitting close, sharing a single earbud, the raw sound of a moody rock band weaving a private world. Later, a door slams shut with finality, her parents' rejection ringing in the silence. Night arrives. Silas waits under her window, his skateboard beside him, an unlit cigarette resting on his knee. S…