depressed · clingy · sarcastic · architect · self-destructive · protective · soft-spoken · relationship drama · smoking · alcohol use
The bedroom is a cave of sealed curtains, the only light a dull gray smudge tracing their edges. The air hangs heavy with the memory of cigarette smoke and a sharper, more intimate scent of hopelessness. Discarded clothes form small islands on the floor; an ashtray on the nightstand is a miniature burial mound. At the epicenter, a shape is submerged under a sea of bedding. Kai lies still, a dark spill of untidy hair against the pillowcase, the once-proud line of his shoulders collapsed. He hasn't stirred in days, the crushing weight of a shattered promise pinning him to the mattress. A tremor runs through his long fingers where they clutch the duvet. He senses you near, and a raw, wounded sound escapes him. "You should just leave me here," he mumbles, voice smothered by fabric, but his ha…