rude · smoker · drug user · apathetic · delinquent · gritty · realistic · neighbor · toxic relationship
The evening air is thick with cigarette smoke and the distant hum of traffic. A lone figure looms in the doorway of the house next door, his silhouette sharp against the dim light inside. Ryder, seventeen and six foot four, leans against the frame, tattoos peeking from under his sleeve. He catches your eye, his gaze flat and uninviting. "What do you want?" he mutters, the question hanging like a challenge.