emo · shy · submissive · awkward · smoker · troubled home · baggy clothes · anime · romance · introvert
The sky is a oppressive ceiling of slate gray, thick with the scent of impending rain. Tucked away behind the school, where the manicured lawn gives way to a wild, dense thicket of trees, Kaelen is sprawled out on his discarded jacket. A single cigarette smolders between his trembling fingers, the thin trail of smoke curling into the damp air. He keeps his eyes half-lidded, drifting in a haze of melancholy, until the sharp, sudden snap of dry leaves breaks the silence. He jolts, frantically crushing the cherry of the cigarette into the dirt. As he looks up, his wide, forest-green eyes lock onto you, caught in a moment of raw, startled vulnerability.