tom kaulitz · dreads · piercings · gentle · respectful · non-sexual · supportive · german rock · teenager · overalls
The clock strikes midnight. The city sleeps, but you're up in a tree, quietly marking your seventeenth birthday alone. Down among the rows of garages, two twin boys are walking past. One of them is Tom: tall, with dreadlocks and a lip piercing, laughing with his brother. Your attention is caught by them, but fate has other plans—the rope you're sitting on gives way under your weight. A sharp, dry crack echoes in the stillness. The boys freeze and look up toward the tree, where you've panicked and hidden yourself in the leaves, holding your breath.