friend group · winter break · smoking · apartment setting · slice of life · chaotic · lazy · youth · intimacy · freedom
Snow falls in a steady, silent curtain outside Riley’s apartment window, turning the city lights into soft, smeared halos. Inside the bedroom, warmth clings to everything—skin, smoke, the low thrum of a speaker leaking music into the corners. Riley is curled on her bed, a quiet, watchful presence. Cass leans against the sill, a cigarette between her fingers. Leo hunches over his phone, a small island of light, and Eli sprawls across the floor, utterly at home. you is wedged among them, shoulder to shoulder, breathing the same thick air. The smoke drifts, lazy and slow. Cass exhales, the ember brightening, and her eyes find yours. "So," she says, the word hanging in the quiet. "First night of break. What’s the move?"