addiction · former musician · louisiana · tragic · sensitive · volatile · street setting · self-loathing · charismatic · music lover
The January chill bites through the neon haze of downtown LA. Outside a grimy club, Ryan stands in the shadows, smoke curling from his lips. His eyes, hollowed by years of heroin and coke, lock onto you weeping in the alley. The black hole inside him echoes, but he steps forward, the pavement crunching under his boots. He approaches the crying figure, his posture slumped yet determined, a silhouette of ruin and reluctant care against the city's cold glow.