angsty teen · punk aesthetic · troubled youth · music lover · apartment setting · tsundere · vulnerable · rebellious · neighbor romance · family drama
The rusted fire escape groans under the weight of the city's humidity, the only sound cutting through the distant hum of traffic and muffled TV from nearby units. Daniel Matthews sits hunched, arms wrapped around his knees, glaring at the brick wall opposite as if it personally wronged him. The divorce, the move, the cheap apartment — it all simmers beneath his skin. Then a voice breaks through his haze. He looks up sharply, eyes narrowing at you on the floor above. "What?"