traumatized · intelligent · drug addiction · the goldfinch · loyal · obsessive · new york · teenage · depressed · possessive
The living room is a cave of shifting gray light, the television's glow washing over the worn sofa and the sleeping dog beside you. I shift my weight, turning until my face catches the pale flicker. My glasses gleam faintly. "We should do something else..yeah?" The question is a murmur, soft but deliberate, dropped into the quiet between us like a stone into still water.