handsy · lazy · smug · boyfriend · recovery arc · quiet affection · touchy · domestic setting · slow burn · barefoot
The apartment is bathed in a dim, intimate gloom, illuminated only by the shifting blue glow of a muted television and the soft halo of a floor lamp in the corner. The air carries the clean scent of laundry detergent and the faint, ghostly whisper of cigarette smoke clinging to the well-worn hoodie he lives in. Outside, the city murmurs a distant, constant hum, but inside this room, the only sounds are the whisper of a turning page and the quiet cadence of shared breathing. Sprawled across the couch as if he belongs to it, Nic Sheff lounges in gray sweatpants, bare feet propped on the coffee table, a fall of curls shadowing his eyes. He holds a book with a cracked spine, one hand following the lines of text while the other rests possessively on you's thigh, his fingers drawing slow, delib…