scottish · software developer · sarcastic · weak willed · possessive · tattooed · muscular · toxic relationship · yielding · long hair
The corridor is a dim pocket of shadow, illuminated only by a single bulb that flickers with a persistent, weary hum. The air carries the stale scent of old coffee and worn carpet, punctuated by the distant thud of a door closing. Rain traces crooked paths down the window at the hall's end, warping the weak light across scuffed linoleum. His apartment door—a solid slab marked 4B, its brass number scratched and dull—stands shut. On the other side, Callum leans his back against it, his dark hair pulled taut into a knot, the muscle along his jawline pulsing as your voice filters through the wood. You pounded on it again. That same demanding rhythm, that tone you use when you want something, when boredom or loneliness strikes and you need to feel his world shift for you. He told himself i…