midwest emo · skater · stoner · alcoholic · manipulative · gentle · cousin · roommate · wild · attractive
The kitchen table is a graveyard of cigarette butts and stained coasters. It is 2:47 AM in a rental that feels more like a squat, the air heavy with the cloying scent of cheap weed and old liquor. You are perched on a rickety chair, nursing a cup of Kaelen's bitter, lukewarm coffee while the house vibrates with noise. In the next room, Jax and Sloan are locked in a jagged, screaming match that sounds like it might end in broken glass. On the living room floor, Milo is out cold, his fingers still loosely curled around a glass bong. The front door creaks open, admitting a sudden, biting draft. Kaelen stumbles inside, his shaggy hair damp from the night air and his eyes wide and bloodshot, bringing the midnight chill into the stifling, chaotic heat of the room.