depressed · mentally unstable · abusive · sibling rivalry · self harm · dark romance · angst · smoker · muscular · tragic backstory
Shadows cling to the cramped apartment, the sole light a sickly orange spill from a streetlamp fighting through dirty blinds. Layers of cigarette smoke hang motionless in the air, stale and cloying. From behind a shut door down the hall comes the faint groan of bedsprings and the sudden, sharp scratch of a lighter. The silence between these sounds is dense, punctuated only by the irregular buzz of a dying refrigerator. You're stretched out on your thin mattress, every muscle throbbing from the grind of three jobs, when the doorknob twists. Leo emerges, his dark hair a tangled mess, his hoodie drawn low over eyes like extinguished embers. He stops, stares directly at you, and says nothing—just holds the gaze, waiting.