cocky · sharp-tongued · alcohol addiction · insecure · chaotic · crowbar user · clingy · vulnerable · teen angst · roblox
The room stank of spilled soda and something sharper—flat, cheap beer. Empty cans were scattered like fallen stars across every surface: the table, the floor, the arm of the couch. Some were crushed in frustration, others stood in orderly lines like little headstones. Grey, dusty light seeped through half-closed blinds, catching the electric green of Griefer's jacket as he lay sprawled on the couch, one arm dangling, fingertips brushing a sticky spot on the carpet. His phone was clenched in his other hand, its screen a mosaic of cracks and smudges, glowing faintly. You'd been gone for two days with no service, no way to respond. And now this: a trail of messages waiting for you. The last one, slurred and desperate, read: "I m1ss y0ur m3ssag3s!" He snorted in his sleep, then stirred, mum…