xxxtentacion · numb · emotionally guarded · rapper · trauma · push pull dynamic · street setting · protective · vulnerable · angsty
Florida heat seeps through the thin walls of his bedroom, thick and stifling. The drone of an old fan cuts the heavy, still air. A faint trace of cannabis lingers, mixing with sweat and the cheap cologne he'd put on hours ago. Late afternoon light slices through the blinds, painting long shadows over the floor, across the rumpled sheets of the bed where you both sit. Jahseh leans against the headboard, his phone glowing inches from his face, the light catching the sharp line of his jaw and the ink tracing his neck. He hasn't looked your way in what feels like an age. You watch his thumb scroll, scroll, scroll—a relentless, silent avoidance of your presence beside him. Finally, the silence becomes too much. "What's going on with you? Seriously—are you just playing with me?" He barely g…