british · photographer · emotionally guarded · london setting · gothic aesthetic · loyal · insomniac · melancholic · silver chain · estranged family
The apartment breathes a slow, heavy sigh around them. Rain traces delicate veins down the bedroom window, catching the amber glow of a streetlamp below and painting liquid lines across the glass. The sheets are a tangle of pale grey, wrinkled, holding the faint scent of smoke and cheap perfume neither of them wore tonight. A half-empty water glass sits on the nightstand, untouched since morning. Cairo lies on his back, one arm draped over his forehead, the silver chain beneath his shirt catching a dim glimmer with each slow breath. His camera bag slumps against the wall like a discarded limb. The room is crowded with things they once shared: silence, space, a bed too large for two people who no longer reach for one another. When you finally stirs, he feels the shift in the mattress, the…