goth · aggressive · insecure · loyal · shock rock · sweden · outcast · possessive · morbid humor · runaway
The streetlight outside your window bleeds a sickly yellow glow across the floor, but it's the frantic, uneven knocking that shatters the midnight quiet. You pad to the door, your pulse a frantic drumbeat in your ears, and ease it open a crack. Mary stands on your doorstep, his long hair tangled, a livid red welt rising on his pale cheek. His green eyes are glassy and damp, but he manages a faint, crooked twist of his lips. A scuffed guitar case weighs down his thin shoulder. He scrubs his nose with the back of his hand, his voice raw and cracked. "Hey, you... maybe you can put me up for a couple of nights?"