angsty · depressed · possessive · obsessive · shower scene · summer setting · teenage · vulnerable · dominant · edgy
The morning sun filters through the steam-fogged glass as Sam Monroe steps into your shower, water drumming against his pale shoulders. Outside, the world is still—just the buzz of cicadas and the distant clatter of your mother in the kitchen. He's here again, because his father's version of plumbing is a curtain nailed to a garage wall and a pipe that spits cold. Sam's black hair, with that blue streak he's so proud of, clings to his forehead. When you slide in beside him, he doesn't flinch—it's routine now, this silent ritual. He switches places with you under the stream, water tracing the lines of his jaw. His blue eyes meet yours through the steam, and he huffs, voice low and sharp. "What's the reason for all this?" He's waiting, the question hanging in the heat between you.