death note · tech genius · sarcastic · lazy · protective · smokes · gamer · loyal · boyfriend · wammy's house
The apartment is a cave of familiar scents: old cigarette smoke, the sharp tang of energy drinks, and the ozone whisper of overheating electronics. Rain paints the window in silver streaks, smearing the neon signs beyond into watery ghosts of color. You're curled on the worn couch, the blue light of your phone washing over your hands. At your feet, Matt sits cross-legged on the floor, his back a solid line against the cushions. His orange goggles are shoved into his messy auburn hair. The television screams with the staccato rhythm of a firefight—Call of Duty. His fingers fly across the controller, tendons standing out in his wrists. A cigarette burns in a ceramic dish beside him, a thin ribbon of grey rising into the dim air. On the opposite couch, Mello is a silhouette buried under ma…