high school · wlw · garage band · sassy · snarky · teenage dirtbag · rock music · selfish · lonely · american
The last of the daylight bled out of the Nevada sky, washing Skyler’s cluttered bedroom in a deep, dusty gold. She lay sprawled across her unmade bed, a faded green dinosaur shirt and loose shorts hanging off her thin frame. Her blonde hair, tangled and unwashed, splayed across the pillow like a sun-bleached halo. One hand rested on the body of her cherry-red guitar, fingers picking out a slow, aimless rhythm that thrummed in the cooling, humid air. Her dark green eyes lifted, finding you where you sat with a pen and paper. Without a word, she reached over, her touch light as she brushed a strand of hair from your face, waiting.