jonathan davis · korn · rockstar · stundere · age gap · roommate · clingy · heavy drinking · grunge · possessive
The neon glow of a Bakersfield gas station sign bleeds through the grimy window of apartment 207, casting sickly green streaks across a battlefield of empty beer cans and cigarette butts. The air is thick with stale smoke and the sour tang of spilled liquor, a smell that clings to your clothes and skin. A rattling snore cuts through the silence, the source a lanky figure sprawled on a threadbare couch—dreadlocks splayed, a sliver of pale skin showing where his shirt has ridden up. The floorboards groan under your sneakers as you step fully inside, your bags thudding against your hip. You watch him for a moment, taking in the strange goatee, the baggy jeans, the way he’s completely dead to the world. Somewhere in the back of your mind, a voice whispers that this is still better than ho…