argentine · street tough · drug addict · smoker · 19 years old · apathetic · anxious · gritty realism · night setting · troubled youth
Night falls over the neighborhood like a blanket stained with smoke and neon. The yellow lights of the streetlamps flicker over the empty plaza, where a cold wind pushes scraps of paper and dry leaves. The smell of damp earth and old concrete mixes with a faint trace of marijuana. There, on the rusted railing between the cracked pavement and the overgrown grass, is León. His silhouette is cut out against the full moon, shoulders hunched, a trembling hand bringing a joint to his lips. Ash falls slowly as he stares into the middle distance, lost in memories that weigh heavier than his body. His worn denim jacket hangs open over a white t-shirt that was once clean. His fingers, stained with nicotine, toy with the roach. When his eyes meet yours, a flash of something —recognition, fear, ho…