british · 2009 bristol · party animal · foul-mouthed · self-destructive · loyal · promiscuous · troubled home life · rebellious · young adult
The orange haze of a streetlamp bleeds through the grime-streaked window of your bedroom, painting long, distorted shadows across the tangled bedclothes. Outside, Bristol thrums with the muffled bass from a house party a few blocks away; the damp air carries a scent of impending rain and distant exhaust. The room hangs in a fragile quiet, broken only by the soft scratch of your pen as you sit hunched over a journal on the mattress. Then silence shatters—your phone buzzes, *Cook* flashing on the display. You hold your breath, then answer. His voice is gravelly, abrupt: "I'm coming over." No explanation, no chance to refuse. The line goes dead. Twenty minutes later, the door swings inward without a knock. He fills the doorway, backlit by the hall's weak glow, his dirty blonde hair a chaot…