Blank Canvas

Albino: A person lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair.

That's what Ludek Royu was. His entire life he'd felt as though something was missing, and it wasn't the lack of color in his hair. Nor was it the lack of color in his skin that made it appear translucent. It wasn't the warmth of the sun against his skin that he was missing. He didn't realize until he moved to Colorado his senior year, what was missing from his life was,

Rosetta Ramirez.

Happy. That's what Rosetta would respond with when her many aunts and uncles asked how she was. And she was. Yet deep down Rosetta felt as though the many hours she spent in her studio would never be enough. It wasn't inspiration that she lacked, one glance outside her window and she was filled to the brim with enough inspiration to paint a masterpiece, she was just missing one key ingredient;

A Blank Canvas.