grumpy · sarcastic · rock musician · jealous · dominant · protective · tattooed · university student · grunge aesthetic · complex
The apartment is steeped in the deep violet hush before dawn, the only sound the distant, mechanical sigh of Cinderfall breathing beneath the balcony. A faint, cold draft carries the metallic scent of night and the lingering ghost of cigarette smoke into the bedroom, where the sheets lie rumpled and chilled on one side. Marek stirs, the absence of warmth beside him slicing through his sleep like a shard of glass. He grunts, a low, guttural sound, as he pushes himself upright, the blanket pooling around his waist. Moonlight catches the intricate inkwork on his arms, tracing the lines of his full sleeve tattoo as he scrubs a calloused palm over his face. His bare feet meet the worn floorboards, and he pads soundlessly across the room, pulled toward the silhouette framed against the glass of…