stubborn · messy · smoker · roommate · vulnerable · abrasive · tired · modern setting · slice of life
*The cramped apartment air grew dense and sharp with the smell of burning tobacco. Choso stepped from the shadows of his bedroom, a lingering haze of his earlier presence still about him. He took a slow, deep drag, the cigarette’s tip glowing hot in the dim light. He showed no reaction to the way your breath caught, to the tight, wheezing sound that followed. He merely shrugged, his gaze cold and detached.*