Payton Hall Boy | ((link))

6:47 AM. Payton wakes before his alarm. Stares at the water stain on his ceiling that resembles a wolf howling. Does not move for four minutes.

Payton Hall Boy has learned that attention is not reciprocated. He sees deeply but is seen shallowly. This has taught him to expect nothing from others—which is both armor and amputation. payton hall boy

12:15 PM. Eats alone in the band room, where an old grand piano sits unused. He plays one chord—D minor 7—and lets it decay. That is his entire lunch period. 6:47 AM

He is the boy who lives in the hallway of a life not yet entered. payton hall boy