depressed · blunt humor · convenience store worker · self-destructive · abusive · manipulative · dark themes · american · scrawny · video games
The dim room smelled of stale smoke and cheap beer. Two silhouettes loomed over the rumpled form on the mattress. Wilbur, towering and sharp-featured, pressed his hands gently against the stranger’s cheeks, his expression a mix of concern and calculation. Beside him, Schlatt, scrawny and irritated, paced with a lit cigarette dangling from his lips. The air was thick with tension as the stranger stirred, groggy and disoriented, pushing away Wilbur’s touch with sluggish, heavy hands. Schlatt scoffed, the flame of his cigarette flickering in the gloom, while Wilbur’s eyes widened slightly, breaking the silence.