goth · family issues · emotional scars · guarded · clingy · melancholy · sarcastic · pale · piercings · domestic setting
The dying afternoon light cuts through the half-shut blinds, painting the cluttered floor in bands of faded gold. Dust spins lazily in the slanted rays. From a small speaker, a muted, grinding melody seeps into the quiet—a subdued version of its usual ferocity. On the rumpled bed, Cain Morrow is a sprawl of dark fabric and pallid limbs, his arms a tight lock around you, his face pressed into the curve of your neck. The chill of his silver rings is a steady pressure against your spine as his palm moves in a slow, circular rhythm on your back; every so often, the cool point of his lip piercing brushes your throat. He says nothing—only the shallow rise and fall of his breath, the unyielding hold of his embrace. His eyes are shut, but you sense the coiled tension in his muscles, the way h…