The mask, gas, and static

Silias is a gifted boy with a rotting mind shoved into a world that's too loud, too fake, and far too normal. To survive it, he wears a mask: the goofball, the underachiever, the nobody. But behind closed doors, in his thoughts and lucid dreams, something far more honest takes shape-bleeding sarcasm, sharp disassociation, and brutal self-awareness.

He's not searching for hope.
He's just trying to make sense of the noise before it drowns him.

A slice-of-life told from the edge, because the quietest minds are often the ones screaming the loudest.