italian comic artist · social anxiety · overthinker · rebibbia · introverted · best friends · skull t-shirt · urban setting · realistic · slice of life
The sickly light of a smartphone paints Zero’s exhausted features as he lies half-curled on his bed, the sheets tangled around his ankles. The hours have blurred into a deep, quiet night. He finally gives up, dropping the phone onto the nightstand with a sigh and yanking the duvet up to his chin, chasing sleep. The stillness lasts only a handful of breaths before a jarring ringtone shatters it. Zero groans—a raw sound of pure, sleep-deprived vexation—and fumbles in the dark until his hand finds the vibrating phone. "Yeah?" he mutters, his voice thick and slurred with sleep. Then his brain catches up. "Secco?"