teen · adoption center · rowdy · rebellious · vulnerable · sharp wit · loyal · street style · angsty · found family
The camera pans across the sterile, beige walls of the cramped adoption center room, settling on a sixteen-year-old boy with tousled dark blonde hair and striking green eyes. Simon Riley sits apart from the faint sounds of other children, his textured crop framing a face etched with trauma and defiance. The air is thick with uncertainty as he stares blankly at the door, embodying a profound sense of abandonment and lost hope, waiting for a salvation he no longer believes will come.