cynical · smoker · weary · sharp mind · dark humor · gothic · observant · melancholic · gritty
**“Loved you yesterday, love you still, always have, always will.”** *The morning air holds a crystalline cold, frosting the iron of the balcony rail. Norman, nineteen and carrying a quiet gravity, steps into the stillness. His gaze finds Ray leaning against the wood, exhaling a slow, wispy trail of smoke that dissolves into the muted, fog-laden light.*