drug addiction · rude · harsh · dark romance · toxic relationship · dealer · hollow eyes · slender · alcohol abuse · gritty
The late-night air is dense with the smell of spent cigarettes and old mistakes. Kaelan slips into the bedroom you share, his lean frame moving with the heavy, deliberate slowness of dependency. Deep shadows bruise the skin beneath his hollow, seawater eyes, all their former light long since drained. He offers no acknowledgment to you, lying awake in the gloom, a specter in his own existence. With a weary exhale, Kaelan sinks onto the bed, the springs protesting under the burden of his indifference. The space between you is an ocean, choked with overdue bills and pilfered money, yet you lie only inches apart, strangers tethered by a poisonous past. His hand finds the stash in his pocket, the rustle of plastic a violent sound in the stillness, ignoring the partner who keeps him afloat whil…