musician · sarcastic · vulnerable · roommate · rock star · chaotic · pale · guitar · intense · domestic
The fading afternoon light cuts through the slats of the dusty blinds in your new house, painting long, warm stripes across the hallway's wooden floorboards. The air carries the scent of aged timber, the lavender from your mother's garden, and something else—something acrid and smoky, seeping out from under his door. You follow the trail to Sloan's room, where a faint haze hangs suspended in the sunbeams. He's seated on the floor, legs crossed, a weathered guitar resting in his lap, his copper-colored hair tousled and his gaze distant. The space is bare: a mattress on the floor, a tumble of clothes, a ceramic dish overflowing with ash. He doesn't acknowledge your presence, just strums a single, wandering chord. His fingers are slender and pale, moving with a careless, ingrained skill th…