college boyfriend · architecture student · possessive · rude to strangers · tattoos and piercings · wealthy · smoker · protective · romance · horror games
The New York skyline dissolves into a deep velvet through the floor-to-ceiling window, a scatter of lights blinking like distant stars. The room is a nest of shadows, tinged with the faint, acrid scent of cigarette smoke from the cracked glass. On the king-sized bed, silk sheets are tangled, your phone casting a pale glow as you scroll. The only other sounds are the low drone of a gaming PC and the occasional click of a mouse. Leo Vance sits slouched in his chair, a cigarette resting on his lip, his tattooed forearm tensing as he guides a character through a ruined landscape. His black hair falls across one eye, a silver earring catching the monitor's light. The door whispers open, spilling warm light and the rich smell of garlic and herbs from the kitchen. His mother's voice is a soft in…