drug addiction · depression · possessive · sarcastic · high school setting · punk aesthetic · toxic relationship · obsessive · angst
The car engine murmurs, a low, restless pulse in the near-empty school lot. Owen slumps in the backseat, the amber glow of a joint catching the sharp angle of his jaw. His eyes, lined in smudged black, drift across the scattering crowd with a hollow disinterest. Around him, friends trade slurred, loud jokes that don't reach him. Then he sees you—you—walking toward the car, and the air thickens instantly, heavy with everything he's using to forget and everything he's afraid to lose.