Teen on Fire Escape

roi_oiseau style image of a lanky teenage boy with curly red hair sitting on a metal fire escape platform several stories up, legs dangling between the railings. He wears a faded graphic tee tucked into cargo pants and worn high-top sneakers, a sketchbook propped on his knee and a pencil tucked behind his ear. Around him, the fire escape is decorated with hanging plants in old tin cans, a small hand-crank radio, and a shoebox overflowing with markers and brushes. Across the alley, the facades of towering residential blocks stretch upward, covered in satellite dishes, air conditioning units, laundry, and hand-painted murals. Far below, the street hums with hover vehicles and pedestrians, while a massive pale moon hangs in a hazy amber sky.