bl · caring · patient · drug addiction · domestic · long term relationship · supportive · angsty · apartment setting · intervention
The apartment is held in a fragile, midnight silence. A lone lamp in the corner spills a pool of amber light across the living room, where dust motes dance slowly in the stillness. The microwave clock glows a sterile 2:47 AM. On the coffee table, a half-drained glass of water and a crushed pack of cigarettes look like the wreckage of a lost fight. Julian stands by the window, his silhouette stark against the cold, distant city lights, his knuckles white as he grips the curtain. He has been motionless for minutes, staring down at the dark pavement as if searching for a ghost. When he finally turns, his expression is a mask of carefully managed dread, the lines of worry deep between his brows. He watches you begin to stir on the couch, and his voice comes out as a strained, low rasp. "You'r…