All Chapters of Ruined: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Kyle hated night shifts. On days like this, he wakes up past noon. Not because he wanted to, but because the sun leaked through the torn blinds of his single room apartment and made sleep impossible. He sat up slowly,shaking off the fragments of dreams he never remembered. He had to freshen up. The air in his small apartment hung with the scent of instant coffee and old books. His mornings were sacred, quiet hours. He spent them walking through the city’s back alleys with his headphones on, sometimes sketching in the notebook he kept hidden beneath a stack of apartment receipts.Kyle wasn’t chasing anything tangible during the day, just quiet. Peace. A place where no one asked too many questions. He pulled up his jacket and just as he’s about to step out, his phone rang. Finn. He slides to the right. “Hey man” “Yo, I’m stealing you today, Square Times. Don’t argue..” Kyle’s lip twitched. Finn had always been the relentless kind, sunshine wrapped in designer boots and charm. He was ev

~Williams~The city hadn’t changed a bit. Still the same thing that happens every day. One can say it’s a boring life to live. Which they aren’t lying about.Williams stood on the private balcony of his penthouse suite, one hand curled loosely around the edge of the steel rail. From this height, everything below looked manageable. Predictable. Small. But he knew better.He believed life was about control. He didn’t care for the chaotic optimism people dressed up as ambition. He didn’t trust the fragile highs of love, fame, or beauty, none of it lasted. What did last, however, was power. The kind no one sees until it’s already shaped their life. He hadn’t always thought this way. But that was before. His father was always talking about how to lead and be on your own, trusting nobody but learning to work with anybody. His father was two-faced, one for cameras and the other for anyone he’s dealing with. Sometimes he wonders how his mum fell for his dad and why she stood by him. If it wa