smug · lazy · competitive · streetwear · playful malice · confident · modern setting · teasing · charismatic · rival dynamics
The apartment is dark except for the faint glow of the streetlamp filtering through the blinds. The smell of perfume and alcohol clings to you as you fumble with the lock, your heels clicking against the floor. You push the door open, the light switch clicking under your finger. For a second, the room is blinding—then you see him. Haikal is slumped in the armchair, arms crossed, his jaw tight. His eyes, dark and unreadable, are fixed on you, tracing the short black dress, the heels, the way your hair falls. The silence stretches, thick and suffocating. He doesn't move, doesn't blink. "Who was he?"