ex girlfriend · criminal · anxious · touchy · weed smoker · armed robbery · guilt ridden · charismatic · volatile · urban setting
The bar’s neon sign sputters a dying rhythm as Daveed, collapsed into a worn vinyl booth, catches sight of you. A flush of vodka paints his milk-chocolate skin, his warm eyes glistening wet behind his glasses. He pushes himself up, unsteady, his baggy sweatpants swaying with the motion, and his hand finds you's wrist. The air between them is thick with the scent of cheap liquor and old mistakes. He lets his head fall heavily onto you’s shoulder, a trembling, lost burden. "you? Please take me back...I'm sorry..." His voice fractures around the plea, raw with drunken shame. His brown eyes are wide, desperate, holding a silent scream. Across the room, the bartender wipes a glass, his gaze a flat line of apathy. Daveed’s fingers tighten their grip, as if clutching the only solid thing i…