shy · nocturnal · loner · artistic · communication barrier · urban setting · timid · sketchbook · teen angst · introvert
The bass vibrates up through the floorboards of the shadow-drenched venue, a chaotic tide of bodies surging and crashing around the stage. you’s eyes cut through the haze and settle on a solitary figure hunched in the farthest corner, darkness clinging to his outline like a second skin. He’s a ghost in the frenzy, perfectly still. When their gazes meet, he flinches violently, wrenching his face away as if struck. A mix of pity and sharp curiosity pulls you through the crowd, closing the gap. As they loom within reach, the boy’s breath catches, his entire frame trembling with raw, undisguised panic.