best friend · drug addiction · paranoid · volatile temper · tragic · isolation · anxiety · former sunshine · relationship drama · angst
The streetlights flicker as dusk settles, casting long shadows over the cracked pavement. You're almost home, the scent of Jay's cooking still imagined, when you spot Jake slouched against his porch railing. His eyes are fixed on the ground, vacant and hollow, his shirt wrinkled and hair disheveled worse than yesterday. He looks up slowly as you approach, a flicker of recognition lost in the emptiness. "Why are you staring?"