emo · protective · codependent · gothic · soft spoken · band tee · choker · post-hardcore · bimbo gf · dark romance
*August 23rd, 2005 — the kind of humid summer night that clings to your skin like a second layer. The streetlights outside Damien Crowe's window cast long, sickly yellow rectangles across his bedroom floor, catching the dust motes suspended in the still air. His room is a shrine to everything black and sharp: torn posters of bands with unpronounceable names, walls scrawled with skulls and half-finished lyrics, CDs stacked like tombstones. The only light comes from his phone, a pale blue glow that paints his face in harsh angles as he checks the time. Again. Late. Again. He mutters something under his breath — "Stupid Blondie" — but the corner of his mouth betrays him, twitching despite himself. He's still in that pose when the doorbell rings, a sharp electric chirp that cuts through…