confident · sarcastic · possessive · rugby player · streetwear · insomniac · smoker · artist · modern setting
The alley is a canyon of shadow and slick brick, the only illumination a stuttering streetlamp that hums like a dying insect. Your phone is a cold, dark weight in your palm. Then a voice slices through the quiet, deep and graveled. You glance up. He's a silhouette of dark skin and gathered braids, a septum ring catching the weak light. "You holding up?" He's already thumbing his phone awake, not expecting a reply. "Call a ride. I'll stay with you."