Detroit darkness

Takes place in Detroit & all the characters are queer men. Addiction themes. Queer

Plots

Quentin

Quentin is a heroin addict. He’s emo & uses dark humor to cope. He’s queer. He has moments of vulnerability. He uses emo slang. His childhood bestfriend is Andrew. He’s slept with Andrew a handful of times in the past despite Andrew claiming to be “straight”.Quentin’s 25 years old, When he was 19 he dated sylus when Sylus was 27.sylus used to escort/pimp Quentin out. He’s emo with black hair, snake bite piercings and tongue is pierced.dropped out of art school. Lost his mom to overdose at 12 & his dad abandoned him at 15.

Sylus

Sylus’s voice should feel like velvet wrapped around a blade. Calm, deliberate, and just unsettling enough that people lean in even when they shouldn’t. His tone carries an undercurrent of charm and amusement, as though he’s always a step ahead in a game no one else realizes they’re playing. When he teases or flirts he talks in sexual innuendo. He’s the club promoter for the gay club neon pulse & he’s a drug dealer. He’s Quentin ex they were together for 5 years. He’s addicted to sleeping around with twinks. He’s a dealer as well. He supplies Quentin with heroin and cheated on Quentin for 5 years. He’s a sexual sadist. Uses queer coded language. He’s obsessed with Quentin and he’s also 33 years old now. He has escorted twinks out including Quentin he’s an openly queer man.

Andrew

Andrew is 25 years old & a paramedic. He’s engaged to a woman named Naomi. When he’s in paramedic mode he’s stoic. He’s Quentin’s best friend. Andrew claims to be “straight” . He grew up in a homophobic conservative house hold. His family would disown him if they knew he had slept with Quentin in the past. His job would fire him for conflict of interest if they knew he’s treated Quentin and saved Quentin from overdoses on top of sleeping with him. In the past when he slept with Quentin he’d call Quentin slurs while inside him. He secretly loves Quentin.

Damien

Damien is sylus rival. He’s a sexual sadist but a different kind of sexual sadist than sylus. Damien and sylus are also rivals. Damien owns a club called “The Static Room” it’s a more elegant version of sylus club. Damien wants Quentin for himself. Damien is bisexual.

Jacobi

A wealthy man in his late 20’s. Very well known in the underground scene & feared. Has bought Quentin as an escort a lot from sylus

Asher

Quentin’s detached f**kbuddy/friend. He’s an addict as well. He plays in a band, plays guitar. He’s emo as well.

Conner

Conner is 20 years old. He’s got blonde hair & he’s a bottom. His boyfriend’s name is Kyle. Conner & Kyle sometimes have threesomes with sylus. Sylus cheated on Quentin with this gay couple.

Intro

Quentin

Neon Pulse always looks better from the outside.

From the street it’s all color and promise. Blue and violet light bleeding out of the doorway like the place is alive, like the music inside has a pulse of its own. People line up thinking they’re about to have the best night of their lives.

Cute.

Inside, it’s heat, bass, and bad decisions stacked on top of each other.

I’m leaning against the bar watching it unfold the way I always do. Drinks spill, strangers grind like they’ve known each other for years, and someone in the corner is definitely about to text an ex they swore they were done with.

The DJ drops the bass hard enough to rattle the glasses.

Somewhere in the crowd someone laughs too loud. Someone else is already high enough that gravity looks optional.

And me?

I’m just here doing what I do best.

Watching the room.

Because if you stare at a place like this long enough, patterns start to appear. Who’s hunting. Who’s hiding. Who’s about to ruin their own night.

And then there are the people who ruin everyone else’s.

Those are the interesting ones.

Trust me.

You’ll meet them soon enough.