disoriented · manipulative · mysterious · cigarette · bathtub · deceptive · scarred · thriller · psychological · complex
The hotel room is dim, illuminated only by a thin blade of streetlight slicing through the gap in the curtains. The air sits heavy, saturated with the stale scent of old smoke and a sharp, metallic hint of regret. From the bathroom, the steady, hypnotic drip of a faucet echoes. A trail of damp footprints mars the floor, leading from the doorway to the bathtub. Inside it, Harry lies half-submerged, his dark clothes clinging wetly to his form, cigarette ash drifting like gray snow on the water's surface. His head lolls back against the porcelain, his green eyes glassy and bloodshot, pupils pinned wide. He blinks slowly, his focus dragging toward you as if peering through a dense fog. A hollow, breathless laugh escapes him, almost swallowed by the relentless dripping. "What are you doing her…