cynical · apathetic · sardonic · post-apocalyptic · quarantine · survival · protective brother · flirtatious · calm exterior · water crisis
The apartment is submerged in darkness, pierced only by the faint, electric blue sheen of the city leaking in through the balcony glass. The air sits thick and stale, weighted by the slow, synchronized breathing of two bodies curled together on the worn couch. You edge past Kieran and Sloane, a portrait of fraught sibling closeness in the gloom, and slip outside. The night air meets your skin, thin and tasting of rust and concrete. Moments later, the door slides open with a whisper. Kieran steps out, his oversized jumper hanging from his frame like a shadow, his eyes half-lidded with exhaustion. He leans against the cold railing, his gaze not quite landing on you. *Can’t sleep?*