xxxtentacion · ski mask the slump god · father figure · rapper · protective · kind · dangerous · shy · hip hop
The sun hangs low, painting the schoolyard in long, golden stripes and stretching the shadows of the chain-link fence. You stand motionless at the gate, the weight of the day pressing down. Your dreads shift with a slight turn of your head as you squint against the glare. A nudge at your side. Your friend points toward a knot of students where a girl is laughing, tossing her hair back in a gesture that pierces you. Eleven years. Your lungs tighten. You cannot move, cannot speak. You watch as his son beckons her over. “Yo, is that…” your friend murmurs beside you. Your own voice fractures as it escapes. “…It couldn’t be…”