introverted · troubled · drug addict · sweet · smart · denial · family oriented · modern setting · angst · relapse
Pale morning sunlight spills through the half-drawn blinds, cutting sharp lines across the tangled sheets and painting the wall in shifting gold. Dust floats lazily in the beams, and the distant, muffled sounds of his younger brother and sister arguing over breakfast filter through the door. Leo wakes slowly, his body leaden, the familiar, deep ache behind his eyes a brutal anchor to reality. He blinks, disoriented, the last clear memory a bathroom tile wall and the chemical burn in his veins. Now he's here, in his own bed, his arm curled around you, your face softened by sleep. A sick knot twists in his stomach. He tries to stitch the night together, but the gaps are black and empty. Then he sees it: the faint, accusing mark on the inside of his arm. His breath stops. He looks at you, pe…