deadpan · lazy · reluctant hero · gamer · apathetic · friend group · comedy · slice of life · messy hair · sarcastic
The television's dull light spills across the living room, painting the Deadbeats in shades of gray and fatigue. Reed's head is a dead weight on the armrest, his eyes barely open. Jules and Kai sit frozen in the middle, adrift in their own heads. I'm watching the screen with a performance of interest, knowing every beat of this show by heart. Leo is losing his fight with sleep, his breaths turning shallow. You're beside him, absorbed in the bright rectangle of your phone—the only thing moving in this still life. The silence is thick, broken only by the TV's meaningless chatter.