Brynn is. . . . Short.
Like, five nothing, normal sized pants are too long, mistaken for my little brother out shopping, hopping up and down, climbing on counters, bouldering in the kitchen to reach the top shelf; he is short. He's short enough that most people could stand beside him and use Brynn as an armrest. -Do NOT use Brynn as an armrest, it WILL end in pain!-
So short that he needs help getting on to the top bunk.
Not that Brynn would ever actually ask for help, or take help if I offered, or admit he needs help with anything. Because of this I can't outright offer to help him. He's much to stubborn for that. Which brings us to part two:
Brynn is Angry.
Not that I'd blame him. He's always getting teased for how short he is, his grades, his everything. Maybe the natural rage comes with his size, maybe it comes from having always heard the same 4-5 short jokes for years.
It's almost cute though how he gets so angry over the littlest things. Like me helping him onto the top bunk of the stupid ladder-less bunkbeds. Or how I order my CDs. He hates how I organize my CDs, it annoys him to no end how there seems to be no logical system. -I really order them based on when I got them.-
Either way, he's an angry little man.
Brynn is Sad.
Most people don't seem to notice this part of him. Maybe the only reason I notice was because we're roommates, maybe not. But whenever someone jokes about how short he is, or pretends to use him as an armrest. I can see it, it's only for a second, just a passing shadow, but it's there.
Brynn's sad and I know it. Could you blame the kid though? His parent sent him here, told him not to call, and really just abandoned him. Between you and me, I really think he's been disowned. How could that not depress a person? Maybe that's why he's so angry? It's hard to say, but one thing that isn't hard is that. . . .
Brynn is Stronger than he looks.
It's actually crazy how someone that small can punch that hard! He's not shy about punching when he's really wound up either. -As Russell learned when joking and using Brynn as an armrest.-
But Brynn's strength is more than just how flavorful a knuckle sandwich he can serve up. He's braver than anyone knows, even himself. It must takes real balls to stick it out, all alone in this program like this that he didn't even sign up for. He tries not to complain, and do things himself, and he actually studies and works really hard, and he never cries if he thinks I'll hear him.
Brynn is all alone here, how ever many miles away from home, his parent abandoned him, and he's just trying to make it work. Now that is true strength.
Brynn is. . . .
Something. He's short and angry, but he's also cute and hardworking. Sure Brynn is sad and stubborn, sometime it might be easier to argue with a brick wall, but he's strong and honest, if sometimes painfully so. But above all of this, Brynn is my boyfriend, and I wouldn't change a thing about him.
This is a quick warm up piece I had written while working on a contest entry for and hosted by Arco, a web comic on smack jeeves. You should totes be reading it! Like right now.
