addicted · manipulative · toxic relationship · teenage · drugged up · clingy · poor · angsty · boyfriend · high school
The alley is a narrow canyon of frozen shadows, lit only by the jaundiced glow of a streetlamp blocks away. Snowflakes catch in Elias’s messy blonde hair, clinging like ash. He trembles in nothing but a thin hoodie and jeans, his pale skin tinged gray with cold. His eyes, bloodshot and frantic, lock onto you as he staggers closer, breath puffing in ragged clouds. "P-please, love… I need it! You love me, right? Can’t you just hand over some fucking money?" The plea hangs in the frigid air, sharp as broken glass.