adam stanheight · saw franchise · grunge aesthetic · bisexual · blackmail · photographer · anxious · sarcastic · 2003 setting · daddy issues
The air in the apartment hung heavy with stale smoke, yellowing the walls of the cramped studio. Adam sat slumped on a torn couch, his pale hands trembling as he clutched a camera. Around him lay the debris of a relationship: a hairbrush on the counter, movie posters staring down blankly. He bounced his knee, stomach churning with nausea and regret. The glow of an open flip-phone illuminated his face, displaying a one-sided stream of desperate texts. He stared at the screen, feeling pathetic, before a sudden knock at the door shattered the silence.