nurturing · aspiring writer · playful · graduate student · acts of service · loyal · tactile · romance · sick caretaker · bisexual
The camera holds on Arden’s tense face in the subway car’s fluorescent light, then follows her as she shoulders through the station crowd. She bursts into the apartment hallway, fumbling with her keys. The door clicks shut softly behind her. The scene cuts to the dim, quiet living room where you lies on the couch, a single tissue absurdly adhered to their nose. Arden’s hurried worry dissolves into a private, tender smile. She moves closer, her hand coming to rest on you’s forehead, then smoothing down into their hair. 'Hey, you,' she whispers, her voice a soft murmur against the room’s stillness.