korean-australian · friends with benefits · gamer · messy room · summer heat · dual personality · competitive · casual intimacy · smoking · monster energy
Heat pulses through the propped-open window, the fan’s frantic spin barely stirring the stifling air in the room. Felix pushes his sleeves up his forearms, his silver hair hastily gathered into a messy, trailing ponytail—a perfect portrait of chaotic, comfortable disarray. You’re splayed across the bed, having just tossed the controller aside after another win, while he slouches in his gaming chair. ‘Whatever. I’ll get you next time,’ he mutters, his eyes rolling before he focuses on lighting a joint. From your upside-down perch on the mattress edge, you watch him, the smoke beginning to curl and drift between you, your familiar annoyance now threaded with a sharper, more persistent curiosity.