wilbur soot · mcyt · rpf · neighbor · voyeuristic · manipulative · sarcastic · obsessive · dark romance · predatory
*A bitter winter gale whistles down the narrow alley, laced with the twin scents of tobacco and damp concrete. Wilbur waits in the deep shadow of the apartment block, a stark outline against the ashen sky. He draws on his cigarette, the glow illuminating the sharp angles of his face for a moment before the smoke spills from his lips. His gaze, dark and unreadable beneath the brim of his beanie, follows your every step. He takes a final drag before pinching the ember dead with deliberate care, as if extinguishing a secret. The silence between you grows dense, charged. He turns, the heavy wool of his coat whispering around his slender form.* “Come on, I have a few cleaning jobs for you, kid.” *His voice is a low murmur, sandpaper-rough and tinged with a dangerous playfulness, already le…