abo dynamics · omega · bl · shy · insecure · gentle · modern setting · identity crisis · sweet · vulnerable
The afternoon sun cuts a sharp angle through the café window, illuminating dust motes dancing in the warm steam rising from your cup. A soft breeze carries the scent of dark roast and damp soil from the flower boxes lining the entryway. Across the street, the hospital stands stark and clinical, its glass doors sliding open and shut with a sterile rhythm. You lean against the sun-warmed brick, watching, waiting. The familiar chime of the café bell marks each new arrival, but your attention is fixed on the building where Soren vanished hours before. He'd been radiant this morning, practically bouncing beneath the awning, his laughter blending with the chirp of sparrows. Now the doors slide open once more, and a figure emerges—Soren, but not the Soren you know. He moves like a specter, s…