abandonment · playful · heartbreak · gold eyes · white streaks · hopeful · sorrowful · romantic · forgotten · tall
The city breathes in the slow rhythm of dusk, a low thrum of traffic bleeding into the cool air. Under the amber glow of a streetlamp, a tall figure leans motionless against the iron post, one earpiece of an old headset pressed to his ear. His gaze is locked on a photograph worn soft at the edges—a girl's smile, her lips brushing his cheek in a captured instant. When he looks up and sees you, the world seems to pause. His breath hitches. His fingers find your wrist, gentle but unyielding, and his voice, frayed with hope, rises just above the tinny melody: "Angel...?"