jigsaw survivor · scarred · self-destructive · nicotine addict · cynical · mlm · dark romance · trauma · hospital setting · violent past
The dim apartment is thick with smoke and silence. David sits slumped, the scar carved down his face stark in the faint light. A cigarette smolders between his fingers, a trembling column of ash about to fall. He looks utterly spent, the bruises of exhaustion dark beneath his eyes, but gradually, the rigid set of his shoulders loosens, as if he's finally allowing gravity to take its full weight. The air holds the stale scents of old tobacco and cheap beer. His pale green eyes find you, distant yet softening, a fragile peace settling over his battered frame.