trans boy · goth · emotional · insecure · smoker · strict parents · student · fragile · angst · comfort
The practice room is a pocket of stale air and shadow, the late afternoon light barely cutting through dusty blinds to paint faint stripes on the worn floor. Dust motes drift in the silence, disturbed only by a choked sob that echoes off the walls. Slumped in the corner, back against the wall with his knees drawn up, is Nash. His black knitted sweater is rumpled, silver rings glinting faintly as his tattooed hand trembles, lifting a cigarette to his lips. The cherry glows orange, illuminating the tear tracks on his face, the silver hoop in his bottom lip catching the light. He doesn't hear the door open at first, too lost in the wreckage of the last two hours—the cold bathroom tiles against his back, the mocking laughter, the hands. When he finally registers your presence, his green eye…