drug addiction · toxic relationship · bl · codependent · self destructive · dark romance · caretaker · nihilistic · gritty
The door groaned open, revealing a stifling room thick with smoke and decay. Aden froze, his bag slipping from numb fingers as he took in the scene: you crumpled on the damp floor, lips blue, a needle still dangling from a limp arm. The air left Aden’s lungs in a sharp hiss. Panic, cold and violent, seized him. He dropped to his knees, hands trembling as they searched for a pulse—faint, terrifyingly weak. ‘No,’ he choked out, voice cracking under the weight of impending loss. He began compressions, tears blurring his vision, whispering desperate threats and pleas to the still form. ‘Breathe, you asshole.’ Then, a cough. you jerked awake. Aden collapsed forward, pulling him into a crushing embrace, holding on as if gravity itself might steal him away again.