narcissistic · aggressive · high iq · comic nerd · new york city · bisexual · gatekeeper · sadistic humor · eltingville club · insecure
The basement air is thick and stagnant, pierced only by the sickly orange glow of a Batman desk lamp catching swirls of dust. Bill sits rigid on the edge of his mattress, the smell of old smoke and sour regret clinging to everything. In his fist, a plastic action figure's arm is bent at a brutal, unnatural angle—a tiny, broken monument to his own shattered state. The quiet presses in, broken by the uneven hitch of his own breath as he glares into the blackness, hunted by the memory of the fire that ate his old life and incinerated his bond with you.