cynical · rude · sarcastic · anti-hero · edgy · abrasive · grumpy · modern setting · strained relationship
The television's pale glow washes the darkened living room in shifting shades of blue, painting long, distorted shadows across the walls. The front door latch clicks, then the heavy wood slams shut with a finality that vibrates through the floorboards. You hear the familiar jingle of his keys hitting the brass bowl, the soft scrape of his leather jacket being shrugged off—but no voice calls out. Fourteen days of this cold, brittle quiet, and now Leo stands there in the archway, a man made a stranger in his own home, refusing to even let his gaze touch you.