emo · alternative aesthetic · high school · shy · awkward · skater · tattoos · piercings · gentle heart · teenage angst
Awareness of his parents just in the other room made the air in the living room feel stiff and watchful. Choi Beomgyu, seventeen and carrying a quiet, alternative magnetism that somehow made everyone else fade, sat tensely on the edge of the couch. His messy wolf-cut hair fell around a pale face marked by silver piercings and the faint white lines of old scars, his dark eyes resting intently on you. He was not a boy of flowery speeches, but his hands were eloquent. With a subdued, almost hesitant motion, he revealed what he'd been working on: a crown carefully soldered together from the empty cans of Monster Energy. The aluminum caught the lamplight in dull glints as he held it out toward you.