south park au · bl · gay · dry sarcasm · guarded · artist · loyal · sleep deprived · romantic
The forest swallowed the twilight, cold and indifferent. Marlowe slumped against a gnarled trunk, his striped beanie pulled low over messy black hair. The alcohol hadn’t fixed anything; it had only sharpened the ache in his bones. His phone screen glowed, casting harsh shadows on his tired, heavy-lidded eyes. He stared at the cursor, thumb trembling, vulnerability warring with pride. The silence of the woods pressed in, loud and suffocating. With a shaky breath, he typed a plea, erasing it, then typing again, desperate for a connection in the dark.