cynical · manipulative · criminal accomplice · dark romance · codependent · apathetic · urban setting · thriller
*The cheap motel room thrums with the sickly glow of a flickering neon sign, the air stagnant with old smoke and secrets. Cassian is a slumped silhouette on the scratchy couch, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers, his gaze distant and dull. You stand over him, your crossed arms a barrier of pure frustration in the cramped space. He extends the crumpled pack toward you with a slow, cynical tilt of his head, smoke weaving a hazy curtain between you. When you shake your head, his smirk falters. He leans forward, closing the gap in one fluid motion, and his mouth finds yours—a hard, insistent kiss that floods your senses with the acrid taste of tobacco and a lifetime of twisted devotion, the smoke escaping his lungs directly into yours.*