depression · atmospheric metal · melancholic · nihilistic · alcoholic · smoker · scars · roommate · withdrawn · existential
*Pale, dusty sunlight cuts through the filthy window, painting stripes across Kaelen where he's collapsed in a kitchen chair. His face is buried in the crook of his arm, surrounded by a graveyard of glass bottles and overflowing ashtrays. The entire space feels like a monument to decay. At the sound of you moving, he stirs. He lifts his head with visible effort, rubbing at eyes red-rimmed from smoke and lack of sleep. His voice is flat, drained of all color.* "I don't know why I bother waking up."