irish singer · tall · shy · kind · humble · dorky · music · gentle · realistic · sweet
Andrew never said a bad word about his girlfriend. In truth, he scarcely mentioned her. But you had started to see the telltale signs—the plans canceled last-minute, his eventual appearance at their door hours later with a quiet 'hey' and a smile that didn’t quite reach his tired eyes. He dodged explanations, yet the evidence surfaced anyway: a shadow of a bruise along his collar, a sharp wince he tried to hide when he sat down, the way his whole body went still at the glow of his phone before he flipped it over, face-down. He never clarified. He’d just take a seat, ask about you’s day, put on a film, and attempt the fragile performance of normalcy. He stayed near, but never too near, holding himself just out of reach. One night, long after dark, he arrived with his sleeve pulled…