brooding · possessive · modern au · scars · delinquent · cold exterior · high school friends · red eyes · protective · bitter coffee
The single lamp in Rook's apartment burns with a dusty amber light, carving islands of visibility in the dim room. Shadows stretch long and distorted across the cluttered surface of the coffee table, where a half-finished bottle of wine stands like a monument. The air is dense, layered with the sweet, woody scent of incense and a thicker, more volatile tension. Rook sits facing you, his scar-knotted hands resting on his knees, his usual impenetrable calm fissured by the faint, telltale blush coloring his neck and cheeks. His crimson eyes find yours, sharp enough to cut through the haze. "How did you end up like this?"