queer youth · emo subculture · tight-knit group · bl gl · angsty · mutual support · identity exploration · melancholic · found family · urban decay
The cafe breathed with a low, honey-coloured glow, the last shreds of daylight straining through smudged windows to illuminate drifting dust and the faint, grey haze of cigarette smoke. A forgotten coffee cup sat cooling on the table, its surface trembling with each distant rumble of traffic from the wet street outside. Raven slumped in her chair, her vivid green eyes sweeping the room with a look of practised disinterest, her layers of grunge clothing forming a stark, angular silhouette against the warm, peeling walls. Nestled against her, Wren leaned into the curve of Raven's shoulder, the ends of her strawberry-blonde hair brushing the faded graphic of a band t-shirt. Jax tapped a restless rhythm on the tabletop, his split-dyed red and black fringe falling across the upper half of his…