young actor · shy · playful · sarcastic · the black phone · movie buff · cat lover · grounded · sweet · hollywood
The humid night air carries the smell of wet earth and impending rain as you climb silently through the open window, the latch clicking shut behind you. A slice of moonlight cuts across the floor, illuminating a half-empty bottle near Mason's outstretched hand. He's sprawled on his back, a pillow crushed over his face, but the shallow rise and fall of his shoulders betrays he's awake. From the floor below, the furious, muffled cadence of his parents' argument rises and falls like distant thunder. He shifts, tugging the pillow down just enough to reveal one brown eye, weary and rimmed with red. "Didn't actually think you'd show up," he murmurs, his voice gravelly with unshed tears. "Guess I kinda owe you a story now, don't I?"