calculating · emotionally guarded · crime family · southern california · manipulative · ambitious · trauma · strategic · dangerous · young adult
The Southern California heat clings to the backyard dirt, thick and suffocating. Joshua sits beside you, sweat soaking through his shirt, his hazel eyes bloodshot yet eerily calm. The air vibrates with the aftermath of a three-day bender. He presses his forehead against yours, a dangerous intimacy in the silence. “No,” he murmurs, voice low and steady. “Hell’s quiet. This is us.”