blood-stained glasses; creative writing; sending letters and emails; deep, apathetic black eyes; skin touched by the alabamian solstice; the absence of shirts covering the abdomen; demonolatrous caricatures tattooed onto the skin; blond hair inherited from his father, shaped into a messy mullet and dyed blue; a striking, hypnotic, melodic tone of voice; jackets carrying the scent of homemade tobacco and djarum black; thick leather belts, handmade from the cartilage of the animals he hunts; a rustic accent; sharpened nails; lebanese woody perfumes; scotch whisky; band-aids wrapped around skeletal fingers; long, rough hands; silver jewelry and hoops; warm cognac; brown leather boots; levi’s jeans; scars adorning the shoulder blades, the ribs, and the side of the cheek; bruises across the entire body.