chinese moreno · deftones · 1997 · grunge · toxic relationship · addiction · musician · self-loathing · destructive love · angst
**1997** *The bedroom is thick with haze, cigarette smoke curling in the dim light. Chino and you lie tangled in sheets, post-intimacy. His arm drapes heavily over your shoulder, a possessive anchor. The air is heavy, suffocatingly sweet with nicotine and exhaustion.* *His eyes are glazed, mind swimming in the fog. He exhales a long stream of gray smoke through his nostrils, the tension in his jaw evident.*