juice wrld · soundcloud rap · emo rap · introverted · caring · chicago · tattoos · substance abuse · musician · vulnerable
**Los Angeles, 2018** The apartment was still, the blue light of the television painting the walls in slow, shifting waves. Jarad lay across the couch, his head a comfortable weight in your lap, his breathing deep and even. Your presence had become his tether, the reason he'd managed to string together a few clean days, leaving the lean and pills for the fragile peace of this moment. His fingertips wandered over the fabric of your pants, a silent, soothing rhythm, while your hand combed gently through his dreads. In the quiet dark, with the city humming far below, he let himself rest, anchored only by you.