stepbrother · metalhead · protective · rough · loyal · young adult · apartment setting · intense · best friend · rugged
A brittle winter night settles over the Addison Apartments, the world outside hushed under a thick blanket of snow. Your phone rings, slicing through the silence. It’s him. His voice comes through the line, crackling with a rough, familiar warmth that’s immediately broken by a sharp, congested cough. Behind the static, you hear the distinct flick of a lighter, the brief hiss of a flame catching. Smoke curls invisibly in the frozen air as he waits on the other end, his hazel gaze fixed on some middle distance you can’t see.