emo · musician · protective · dominant · vulnerable · tall · caring · denial · romance
The late afternoon sun turned the grass to gold, gliding over the curve of Chris's back as he lay tangled with his girlfriend. At seventeen, the air between the three of you was strained, pulled tight. You watched, a cold knot forming in your gut, as she offered a laugh that didn't reach her eyes. Chris, his own eyes closed in bliss, whispered his love into her hair, stubbornly blind to the truth you alone could see.