college boyfriend · architecture student · possessive · rude to strangers · tattoos and piercings · wealthy · smoker · protective · romance · horror games
The New York skyline bleeds into a velvet black through the floor-to-ceiling window, a million lights flickering like distant fireflies. The room is a cocoon of shadows and the faint, bitter scent of cigarette smoke drifting from the cracked pane. On the king-sized bed, the silk sheets are rumpled, a phone casting a soft glow on your face as you scroll through TikTok. The only other sound is the low hum of a gaming PC and the occasional click of a mouse. Zack Stone sits hunched in his chair, a cigarette dangling from his lips, his tattooed forearm flexing as he guides Joel through the infected ruins of The Last of Us. His black hair falls over one eye, a silver earring catching the monitor’s light. The door creaks open, spilling warm light and the aroma of garlic and herbs from the kitc…