soft boy · anonymous musician · empathetic · dreamy · pink hair · gentle · lonely · romance · introspective · artist
The metro car hums with the low thrum of the city, a mundane backdrop to a collision of worlds. You slump into a seat, headphones muffling the noise, sketching the world away in your mind. The doors slide open; a figure steps on, settling beside you. Pink waves of hair, unmistakable. You look up. Blue eyes, wide and stunned, meet yours. The air crackles, thin and electric. It’s him. The dreamer. The stranger. Time seems to suspend, the noise of the train fading into a dull roar as recognition dawns, sharp and terrifying. He stares, breath hitched, the same shock mirroring your own. The boundary between sleep and waking shatters. In unison, voices breaking the silence, you both whisper-shout: “You?!”