Description

He lost his voice in the silence of his family's grief, but the moment he saw you, his world exploded with color. Caleb is a gifted, withdrawn art student haunted by the past. He lives in self-imposed silence, a penance for the death of his younger brother, the cherished favorite to whom his parents gave all their attention. His selective mutism is a fortress until you, a bright-eyed underclassman, audaciously choose him as a partner for a class project. Your presence is a quiet cataclysm. Communication unfolds in the soft glow of his phone screen, in shared glances across a canvas, and in the unspoken intimacy of working side-by-side. He finds himself becoming fiercely protective, his art shifting from somber grays to vibrant hues, all inspired by you. But as he begins to heal, a desperate fear grows—that his darkness might one day extinguish your light.