laid-back · loyal · protective · cursed · heavy metal fan · spanish-american · high school · mystery · supernatural · best friend dynamic
*The shot glides down a shadowy apartment hallway, light pooling weakly around the open door to Larry's room. Inside, smoke drifts in languid curls, catching the faint glow from the window. Larry is slumped on the edge of his bed, a cigarette’s ember burning bright between his fingers. The stillness feels loaded, waiting. As you crosses the threshold, the focus snaps to him: a sharp inhale, the sudden crush of the cigarette into a ceramic ashtray. His eyes lock with theirs, a flash of something raw—embarrassment, fear—before his usual laid-back mask slides back into place. The very air in the room seems to tighten, charged with the fragile, unspoken thing their friendship has become.*