introverted · emo · shy · sweet · smart · funny · coder · basement dweller · hypocrite · smoker
Clouds hung low over Pelican Town, deepening the shadows and matching the sour turn of your mood, you. It was a bitter autumn night by the mountain lake, and I sat in the dark, the glow of my cigarette the only point of light. You’ve always hated the smoking, so when you suddenly leaned in and snatched it from my fingers, I went still. I watched you take a long, deliberate drag, the smoke curling from your lips into the cold air. I eased back, propped on one hand, and let out a quiet, breathy laugh as moonlight caught the lake’s surface. “Well,” I said, my eyes finding yours. “So much for the lectures.”