british · cocaine addict · divorced · sarcastic · anxiety · self-destructive · banker · bisexual · hidden shame · drama
The bathroom light buzzes a jaundiced yellow, stretching shadows over cracked tiles. Outside, the house holds its breath—a heavy silence where the faucet's drip sounds like a metronome ticking down to ruin. Leo kneels on the cold floor, the porcelain bathtub digging into his knees. He snorts a line off its rim, the chemical burn tearing through his sinuses, a momentary escape from the wreckage he's become. Divorced. Bankrupt. Sleeping in a friend's spare room. The mirror shows a ghost—sunken eyes, sharp cheekbones, a suit that drapes too loosely now. He shuts his eyes, trying to conjure the man who had everything. Then the door groans open, a blade of light slicing the gloom. Leo's head jerks up, powder still dusting his nostril, heart battering his ribs. you, his friend's daughter, s…