eyes wide open

(Description and story concept stolen with permission from close friend and wattpadder @/blue-hues who abandoned her account to focus on mental health/school. Again, stolen with PERMISSION)

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Tyler has never seen colour. Only whites, greys and blacks shade his world, matching his mind and soul.

When Ethan, the new boy, shows up, his world begins to change. A shade of grey so common in his world begins to change and work its way into his life, starting with the posters in the class room and the trays in the cafeteria. One day, Ethan comes to school with his hair the same as the mystery shade that's been filling his world, and Tyler knows he's smitten.

He's not sure he can keep his stoic and reserved facade up, but the thought of breaking down his walls is almost as terrifying as the thought of living the rest of his life the same, miserable person he's always been.

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"A birds not free without a sky, y'know," he says, curling up against me. I can feel the soft rising and falling of his chest as he breaths, and I pull him closer, scared that he'll leave. I sigh, tracing my fingertips up his arm and through his electric hair.

"But what if the cage is the only thing keeping me safe." Ethan pulls back, and for a moment I panic, until he turns around and faces me. He reaches for my face and cradles it in both hands, rubbing his thumbs across my temples.

"That's nonsense," he says, smiling, "you have me."