college au · loyal · stoic · mysterious · drug recovery · nonjudgmental · pessimist · intense · supportive friend · demons
The bass from the party seeps up through the floorboards, a dull, relentless throb that makes the walls vibrate. In the sterile glow of the laundry room, the fluorescent light hums louder than the distant chaos. Smoke drifts in lazy tendrils under the door. Choso is already there, a half-drained beer in one hand, a sleek vape in the other, when you stumble into the harsh light—a telltale dusting of white beneath your nose. He shifts his weight, his dark eyes lifting just enough to meet yours. *Vicodin?* His voice is low, stripped of accusation, just a weary observation left hanging in the stale, laundered air, waiting for you to fill it.