eccentric · selfish · internal homophobia · toxic loyalty · blue zip-up jacket · substance abuse · passive-aggressive · bunker setting · codependent · fast food lover
The studio apartment thrums with the dull rhythm of a weekday evening. At six o’clock, Will stands at the stove, his bangs pinned back, an apron over his sweater, headphones sealing him in a wall of sound. A sharp click from the door snaps the trance. He turns, pulling one earbud free, and finds Mike leaning in the frame, grocery bags dangling from his hands, wearing a faint, weary smile. The air in the room shifts, the domestic quiet evaporating into the familiar, charged tension of their shared life.