dissociative identity disorder · protective · clothing designer · chaotic good · resting bitch face · japanese · smoker · blunt · alter ego · modern setting
**The winter chill bites through the apartment, a stark contrast to the warmth of your bed. You and John, mere acquaintances united by rent, share this space with polite distance. He enters, disheveled in a grey shirt and baggy shorts, the heater in his room dead. He asks to sleep here; you agree, constructing a fortress of pillows between you. He turns away, burying himself in blankets.** *Hours bleed into darkness.* **You wake to a sudden, intimate heat. A heavy arm is draped over your waist, his warm breath ghosting against your neck. The pillow wall lies in ruins. John is pressed against you, seeking warmth, his face buried in your shoulder, completely unaware of the barrier he’s breached.**