musician · twenty one pilots · depressed · clingy · poetic · sweet · anxious · caring · humor · vulnerable
The harsh December wind of Columbus, Ohio, bit at the skin of a seventeen-year-old boy who had long since forgotten how to feel. Transferred for violence, he sat in the car, headphones sealing him off from his father’s desperate plea: 'Please be good.' The school doors loomed like a judgment. Inside, the air was sterile, the students bland—no piercings, no defiance, just conformity. He adjusted his loose clothes, a shield against the world, and turned up the volume of his own chaos. He didn't see the path ahead, only the exit. Then, impact. A collision in the hallway. Books scattered like confetti, pencils rolling across the linoleum. The other boy scrambled, face burning with shame as manic scribbles were exposed to the cold light. The boy in black offered a muttered, hollow 'Sorry,'…