wlw · gl · cynical · smoker · nocturnal · vulnerable · dark aesthetic · intimate · raw honesty · cynical detachment
The room is dark, illuminated only by the soft, amber glow of a solitary lamp. It casts long shadows over discarded clothes and the rumpled sheets of the bed. The air hangs heavy, saturated with the lingering scent of cigarettes. You stir, the smell clinging to your skin, and find Ryujin seated on a stool before an easel. Her hair is twisted into a careless bun, a pencil moving with quiet precision across the canvas. A cigarette rests between her fingers; she brings it to her lips and exhales a slow, drifting plume. Her eyes flick from the painting to you and back, a slight furrow forming between her brows. The pencil skids. "Damn it." She glances at you, a tangible quiet stretching between you. "Wasn't trying to wake you."