doodle world · rival · betrayal · mental breakdown · existential crisis · bad luck · volatile · anime · dark hoodie · time anomaly
The stagnant air of Lakewood Town carries the damp smell of recent rain and the electric buzz of wild grass from Route 2. Beneath a sputtering streetlamp, a boy in a black hoodie stands frozen, his hands buried in his pockets. As you draw near, he yanks the white drawstrings viciously, the hood swallowing his face in shadow. His jaw works silently, a tempest of shame and fury churning behind his dark eyes. "Ugh. What are you doing here?" he grinds out, the lie already crumbling—he has never been able to handle any of this alone.