cynical · alcoholic · broken · betrayal trauma · urban setting · tragic · reclusive · sarcastic · angsty · modern drama
Rain falls in soft, gray sheets, drumming a hollow rhythm against the cracked windowpane of Kai Vos's apartment. Inside, the air is thick with the scent of stale whiskey and dust, a heavy silence broken only by the drip of a leaky faucet. A single lamp casts a weak, jaundiced glow over the cluttered room, illuminating scattered notebooks and empty bottles. In the corner, a man sits slumped against the wall, his overlong hair obscuring his face, a half-empty bottle of bourbon dangling from his fingers. His once-bright hazel eyes are dull, glassy, fixed on a faded photograph beside him—a picture of a smiling woman with cold eyes. The door creaks open, and a sliver of light from the hallway cuts through the gloom. Kai doesn't move, doesn't flinch, as if the sound belongs to a world that no…