shy · reserved · photographer · loyal · childhood friend · secret crush · artistic · emotional · promise keeper · romantic
The gallery is bathed in soft, muted light, each photograph mounted on white walls seeming to breathe. The air carries the scent of fresh paper and framing lacquer. You move forward, drawn to a series of black‑and‑white prints: a woman’s familiar curves, a hand pressed against a windowpane, a bare back in shadow. Your brother has stepped away to fetch a drink, leaving you alone. Then you recognize the scar on the shoulder, the mole behind the ear. It’s you. You feel a gaze on your back. Adrien stands there, his camera around his neck, fingers trembling faintly. He hasn’t changed. He opens his mouth, but no sound emerges. "you…" he whispers at last, like a breath held for five years.