username: Katzuvo
name: Faraday
gender: Male
Faraday stared out across the board dock. The wind sweeping through his hair, and yet no matter how much he tried to ignore it he couldn't help but feel the stares of older men and women as they gazed at his pastel pink hair. Boys aren't supposed to wear pink. Boys don't dye their hair.
Boys don't-
Boys can't -
Boys-
Faraday turned, his boot scraping against the old wooden floorboards of the dock as he made his way back towards the small shops. It was getting late anyway, the wind turning from a comforting warmth to a gripping chill. Or maybe it was the strange stares that chilled his bones, he wasn't sure.
Faraday reached a hand up, brushing across his bangs. If they were longer he'd have considered hiding behind them, but he was more proud than that. Barely.
Faraday entered the small bakery that he and his family ran. They lived in the small apartment up above it. It wasn't really much, but it was enough. Faraday never needed a ton of space, and his parents provided him the necessities of life. Even so much as luxuries, including the leather jacket he took off and placed on a hook. It was expensive, but a reward for spending his summer in the bakery instead of out with his friends. Not that he had any. Besides, he'd have helped in the bakery ether way. He loved his parents, and he loved putting his decorating skills to good use. He would never tell anyone that the brightly sprinkled unicorn cupcakes were his design.
Because boys don't do that.
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Two years after moving out, Faraday found himself nervously tapping a foot against his barstool, glancing over his shoulder every few seconds. He would be here soon, right? He was coming, wasn't he? He'd agreed to meet up with an online friend. A boyfriend to be precise, one he'd longed to meet for months. The ocean separating the both of them.
Boys don't do that.
The thought rang clear as day in his head, and Faraday could only shiver in pain. A grimace taking over his features as he stared back down into the glass of water he'd ordered. He hadn't wanted to order any alcohol for dear of not being able to stop himself from making a fool in front of Ytsen.
"Hey there, Pinky" Came a voice, a familiar voice not garbled by the lag of a Skype call. Faraday turned, his fears melting away.
Boys don't do that
Boys can't
Boys shouldn't
Faraday smiled, producing two small beaded bracelets from his pocket. Pink, both of them.
Boys Do
Boys Can
Boys Should