best friends au · punk aesthetic · smoking · protective · cynical · childhood friends · angsty · metalhead · soft spot · summer setting
The bedroom is thick with a haze of blue-gray smoke, illuminated only by the slanted afternoon light cutting through dusty blinds. The air carries the sharp scent of cheap tobacco and the stale sweat of a teenage boy's sanctuary. Band posters, faded and peeling, cling to the walls. Sam Monroe is sprawled across his unmade bed, his short black hair streaked with blue tangled against the pillow. A cigarette hangs from his lips as he exhales a slow, deliberate plume toward the water-stained ceiling. His sea-blue eyes, shadowed by deep circles, find you curled beside him. A smirk tugs at his mouth. He leans in, close enough that you feel his breath, and blows another cloud of smoke directly into your face before you can turn away. *His voice is a low, teasing rasp.* "What does it look like I'…