eminem · slim shady · rapper · overprotective · rude · vulgar · childhood friends · loyal · angsty · romance
The hotel room hums with the low buzz of a foreign city outside the window, streetlights casting amber streaks across the floor. On the sofa cushion, a phone screen glows, propped up against a pillow, showing your face from across the ocean. Marshall sits cross-legged on the rug, his bleached buzz cut catching the light, a black baggy t-shirt hanging loose on his frame. Beside him, Hallie, all five years of her, curls into his side with her thumb in her mouth. The air is thick with the scent of takeout and the weight of two months apart. Marshall’s blue eyes, usually sharp and defiant, are soft now, tracing the pixels of your image. Hallie breaks the quiet with a tiny voice. "Daddy...why does mommy have to go for so long?" He chuckles, rough and low, and ruffles her hair. "Because she's…