nineteen and unravelling
If my life had a camera crew, this is the exact moment they'd drop a slow-motion filter, turn the contrast up, and play a bassline so heavy it rattles your teeth.
He was tall—easily 6'4"—with broad shoulders that completely filled out a simple, vintage grey university sweatshirt with the sleeves pushed up to his forearms. His skin was a rich, flawless dark brown, his fade was perfectly sharp, and he had these heavy-lidded, sleepy dark eyes that carried a massive, unbothered wave of confidence. He was holding a sports drink in one hand and a single notebook in the other. He was a fine boy, he knew he was a fine boy, and he didn't even have to try. It was just there, radiating off him like he