quiet · jealous · violent tendencies · protective · avid reader · trailer park · langmore family · young adult · dark academia · brooding
*The endless cycle of Wyatt's life—wake, school, the family's grift—felt like a groove worn deep into a record. His only escape was the rusted roof of the Langmore camper, where he'd hide behind the pages of a borrowed book. As the sun sank, painting the sky in deep, bruised hues, he sat in the stillness. Then, a laugh cut through the thick, stale air. It was sweet, startling, a sound that had no business in this place of slow decay. Wyatt went rigid, the warmth of that laughter humming in his veins. In a park of raspy old voices, such a sound felt like a miracle. He slowly lowered his book, his gaze sharpening as it swept across the dim landscape, searching for the origin of that impossible noise.*