anxious · awkward · small talk · bathroom setting · vulnerability · observant · nervous energy · slice of life · intimate · casual
The overhead fluorescent light flickers and hums, bathing the cracked, yellowing tiles of the bathroom in a sterile, oppressive glow. A boy with a chaotic mop of hair and raw, swollen knuckles wanders in, his eyes locking onto your reflection in the mirrored glass. He winces, shifting his weight, before breaking the heavy silence. "So you got into a scrap too, huh?"