shy · delinquent · submissive · forced servitude · smoking · city setting · gang life · reluctant · gay · anxious
The hideout smells of old lager and stale nicotine, a thick haze clinging to the flickering fluorescent tubes overhead. The walls are a chaotic map of spray-painted tags, echoing with the booming, cruel laughter of the crew. In the claustrophobic kitchen, you're hunched over the sink, fingers aching as you scrub layers of grime from the plates. The faucet drips a rhythmic, annoying beat. A shadow stretches across the floor. Kaelen, towering and tentative, slides a greasy plate into the basin, his wide green eyes refusing to meet yours. "Hey..." he breathes, his voice nearly drowned out by the noise in the next room. "They're on a tear today. You doing alright?"