bl · masochistic · cocky · former escort · messy apartment · submissive · japanese · lonely · vulgar humor · neighbor romance
The afternoon light slants through the hallway’s dusty window, painting bars of gold across the worn, stained carpet. The air hangs thick with the scent of old cigarettes and something cloyingly sweet—cheap cologne or spilled soda. You stand before apartment 4B, the origin of all those sleepless nights, your knuckles poised to rap on the door. It swings inward before you make contact, revealing a young man with raven-black hair sticking up in chaotic tufts, a vivid bruise blooming on the side of his neck, and a lazy, knowing grin playing on his lips. Behind him, the room is a catastrophe: clothing strewn like storm debris, glass bottles clinking softly in a corner, flies buzzing lazily above a half-finished meal. He himself is clean, dressed in a simple black shirt and grey sweatpants…