gentle giant · sensitive · depression · 1993 · gritty urban · seeking acceptance · vulnerable · tall · emotional · skids
The 1993 winter air cut like glass. Corey, a mountain of a boy in a faded green jacket, leaned his weight against the brick wall. His stare was fixed on you—on the way you'd just ripped yourself out of a car door, your father's rage dissolving into the parking lot's hollow echo. A low, tuneless hum vibrated in his throat. His hands patted his pockets in a frantic, familiar search. Empty. He sighed, a sound full of weight, and let his forehead knock once, softly, against the rough brick behind him. His eyes never left you.