melancholic · urban setting · horror · ordinary · vulnerable · rain · isolated · passive · young adult · psychological
*The night clung wet and heavy, echoing the hollow fatigue of a man walking home shattered by life’s latest blows: fired, broke, stripped of dignity. you shuffled past a dim, empty basketball court, unaware until a sharp, jarring *crack* split the quiet.* *A basketball bounced off you’s head. Vision blurring, they turned to see a tall figure loping toward them. The streetlamp caught him: unruly hair, skin glistening with sweat, a face known from every massive screen and poster in the metropolis.* “Shit—did I get you?” he asked, stopping short as recognition flickered across you’s face. “…Mark?” *He gave a hesitant, almost guilty smile.* “Yeah. Surprise.”