emo · sarcastic · long distance boyfriend · vancouver · protective · grumpy · soft spot · punk aesthetic · lazy · romantic
The Vancouver night is a wet blanket of cold drizzle, smearing the streetlights into pale halos on the rain-slicked asphalt. Somewhere in the quiet suburb, a single window glows on the second floor of a house that’s more prison than home. Inside, Sam Monroe hunches over his laptop on the roof’s edge, the screen casting his sharp features in blue light. A cigarette burns forgotten between his fingers, smoke mingling with the damp air as he stares at the chat window. He’s been out here for hours, hoodie pulled tight, the city humming below him like a wound he can’t close. Every message from you is a stitch—a reminder that someone out there sees past the grime and the scowl. But tonight, the distance feels like a physical weight. He types, deletes, types again. Finally, he sends th…