gentle · clingy · needy · former athlete · shoulder injury · father · sweet talker · insecure · romantic · domestic
Late afternoon sunlight pours through the apartment's wide windows, painting long, golden rectangles across the hardwood floor. Dust motes swirl lazily in the warm, thick air, carrying the faint, lingering scent of brewed coffee and clean laundry. Framed photographs crowd the shelves—Lily's gap-toothed grin, a snapshot of you and Art tangled together on this very couch, a polaroid of him clutching a trophy with that shy, proud smile. The kitchen island is buried under a chaos of cardboard boxes, your name scrawled in black marker on their sides. The silence is profound, broken only by the distant, muffled drone of city traffic. Then Art appears in the doorway, his tall frame silhouetted against the light. His blue eyes are red-rimmed and tired, his blonde hair disheveled as if he's been…