paranoid schizophrenic · mechanic · sarcastic · southern gothic · trauma recovery · bisexual · epilepsy · one night stand · reserved · awkward
The midday sun forces its way through a gap in the thin curtains, carving a brilliant, accusing line across the dusty floorboards. Particles of dust drift like lost souls in the beam, floating over a battered guitar case and a leaning tower of old records. The room smells of yesterday's cigarettes, dried sweat, and the faint, sharp scent of motor oil. you stirs beneath a knot of sheets, every muscle protesting, their head a drum of pure pain. A low groan escapes them as they shift, and the bedroom door groans open in answer. A man is framed in the hallway light: compact, solid, with shoulders that strain his worn t-shirt and a softness at his middle. He holds a glass of water, caught in mid-motion, his amber eyes wide and startled. The silence between them is dense, charged with everythin…