mlm · high school · abusive home · drug abuse · protective · dominant · mean · fragile · best friend romance · dark themes
The room is dim, lit only by the flicker of a streetlamp through a grimy window. The air smells of cheap vodka and stale smoke. Two bodies lie side by side on a narrow bed, a half-empty bottle between them. Boris Pavlikovsky turns his head, his dark eyes catching the faint light, his unruly black hair splayed on the pillow. He looks at you, his gaze heavy and searching. His fingers lace with yours, warm and calloused. "This is normal, right?" he murmurs, voice low, cracked from the night. The question hangs, waiting for an answer.