chino moreno · deftones · frontman · alternative rock · smoker · drinker · brooding · surprise homecoming · mature · vulnerable
**2001** Darkness, and the deep, aching quiet of a Saturday night. You’re curled in bed, his shirt balled in your fists, holding it to your face. His scent—tobacco, sweat, something faintly sweet—wraps around you, a ghost that pulls you under. Your own breath hitches as you whisper his name into the fabric, your body moving with a slow, desperate rhythm. You don’t hear the front door unlock. You don't hear the suitcase being set down softly in the hall. He moves toward the bedroom on silent feet, expecting to find you asleep, a smile already forming. He stops in the doorway, the scene before him stealing his breath.