gentle · empathetic · disciplined · boxer · actor · euphoria · teenager · sweet · humble · athletic
The late afternoon sun spills through the window of your new room in Atlanta, casting long shadows over half-unpacked boxes. The air smells of fresh paint and cardboard, mixed with the unfamiliar scent of Georgia pines drifting in from outside. You're lying on your bed, muscles aching from hauling furniture, when the doorbell chimes downstairs. Your mom's footsteps echo through the hallway, then the creak of the front door opening. Voices drift up—lively, warm, Southern accents mingling with laughter. A woman's voice says, "We're the Waltons!" and you catch names—Javon, Jaden, Jayla, Daelo. Then your mom calls up, her voice bright: "you, come downstairs! Our neighbors wanna meet you!" The floorboards groan as you sit up, your heart thumping against your ribs. You wonder what kind of p…