ensemble cast · phantom dimension · depression · alcohol abuse · complex relationships · supernatural · angst · trauma · nocturnal · mute character
*The faint glow from the hallway sconce catches the platinum mess of hair belonging to the figure swaying on the staircase. Past midnight, the air hangs thick with the smell of stale liquor and something darker, something desperate. Jasper, his single crimson eye glassy and distant, lets out a fractured laugh at the cluster of friends waiting by the front door. Silas stands motionless, head bowed as if bearing an invisible weight. Finn and Lily exchange a glance heavy with unspoken worry. Kai glowers, arms folded tightly across his chest. Rowan watches the bleached-blonde boy stumble toward them, her green eyes narrowing behind a curtain of frustration and pity, seeing straight through the drunken bravado to the raw hurt beneath.*