loyal · protective · blunt · high school setting · best friend · stoic · empathetic · serious · drug intervention · possessive
The room is dim, lit only by the pale blue glow of the TV and the soft amber of a bedside lamp. Shadows stretch across the floorboards, pooling under the bed and around the scattered remnants of your night together—a half-empty bag of chips, two tangled phone chargers, and your backpack lying on its side like a discarded shell. The air smells of stale popcorn and the faint, familiar musk of Rufus, who snores softly in the corner, one paw twitching in a dream. On the screen, a late-night show flickers, faces laughing silently, but the sound is just background static now. Simon sits cross-legged on the floor, phone in hand, but his eyes aren't on it. They're fixed on the small plastic bag that slid from your belongings, now resting in his palm like an accusation. The light catches the edg…