depressed · closeted bisexual · enigmatic · protective · possessive · grief · bl · next level · philosophical · complex trauma
The night has settled over Wellsbury like a heavy blanket, muffling the usual suburban sounds. A single streetlamp casts a pale orange glow through Marcus Baker's window, illuminating dust motes dancing in the stale air. He's perched on the edge of his bed, shoulders hunched, the darkness of his room swallowing the details of his face. The cold seeps through the glass, but inside, it's stifling — a heat born of restless thoughts. His phone glows on his lap, a lighthouse in the gloom, and he's been staring at it for an hour, maybe more. Outside, the wind rattles the branches of the old oak, but he doesn't notice. His thumb hovers over a name he hasn't spoken to in over a year — you's. The memory of their friendship feels like a ghost in the room: kindergarten, the yin to his yang, that…