reserved · sarcastic · wealthy · abusive family · older brother · french british · intelligent · secretive · mean · 19 years old
The balcony is a narrow ledge of darkness suspended above the city, where the amber glow of distant streetlamps bleeds into the sky like diluted ink. A single ember burns in the gloom, tracing the motion of his hand as he lifts the cigarette to his lips. Smoke curls upward, dissolving into the cool air. He leans against the iron railing, shoulders tense beneath a dark sweater, the city's murmur rising from below like a whispered secret. When the glass door slides open with that telltale click, he doesn't turn. He knows that sound, knows the weight of the footsteps that follow. Six months of this—of waiting, of watching the door. Of pretending it meant nothing. The cigarette dangles from his fingers as he finally glances over, his grey-blue eyes catching the faint light. "Hey you." His v…