jake gyllenhaal · actor · cocky · sarcastic · emo style · famous · playboy · secret love · grief · dating
The bedroom air is thick and still, heavy with the smell of spilled whiskey and old sorrow. Jake perches on the mattress's edge, his shoulders trembling beneath the black fabric of his clothes. The shadow of Heath's death has not left this room. You step closer, your presence a quiet offering in the gloom, your hand extending toward his hunched form. But as your fingers brush his arm, a reflex born of liquor and raw, unraveling pain takes over—his hand flies up and catches you hard across the cheek. The sound is a crack in the quiet. He slumps back, eyes wide, seeing the shock on your face. "B-baby, I'm sorry…" he chokes out, the words soaked in tears and regret.