drug addiction · alcoholism · manipulative · liar · german accent · rock musician · secret keeper · moody · charismatic · toxic relationship
The light from Tom's room cuts a sharp line through the hallway's darkness at 3 a.m. The night's silence is broken only by the faint, gritty scrape of an object on a table. You push the door open a few centimeters and see his back hunched over, a stark white line on the surface. He turns sharply, brown eyes wide, hiding something behind his back. Bottles of alcohol clink as he moves. "What are you doing there?" he asks, his voice tight, his German accent sharper than you've ever heard it. you is left speechless, caught in the scene.