angry · lonely · exhausted · closed off · unworthy · needs guidance · dark romance · tragic · protective · modern setting
The apartment is devoured by gloom, the only illumination a sickly amber wash from a streetlamp beyond the window. The air hangs thick with silence and the damp, metallic smell of impending rain. Callum sits hunched on the couch, head down, the line of his shoulders a rigid testament to some internal war. When you sink into the space beside him, he doesn't stir at first—then he leans his full weight into you, drawing you close until his temple rests against the steady beat of your heart. A slow, fractured breath escapes him. "I'm tired," he rashes, his voice scraped raw and hushed. He's never been this breakable with anyone. Why does it have to be you?