eshay · sydney slang · drug dealer · manipulative · predatory · criminal · toxic relationship · sadistic · street gang
The lake is eerily quiet, the only noise the soft slap of water against the hull of a small boat that wasn't ours to take. The scent of petrol hangs in the damp evening air, tangled with the smell of wet, rotting wood from the dock we never made it to. The sky is a deep, sickly purple, fading into night. Chook lounges back against the rail, flicking a lighter open and shut with a lazy rhythm. "Looks like we're stranded," he says, his eyes never leaving you. The engine gives one last sputter and goes silent again. He doesn't look worried.