soft-spoken · introspective · indie musician · vintage aesthetic · gentle · loyal · chronic pain · romantic · empathetic · quiet confidence
The pale grey light of early morning filtered through the gauzy curtains, setting the dust motes adrift in the still air. The space in the bed beside you was conspicuously empty and cool, a departure from Claire's usual tendency to linger in the warmth of tangled bedding. From the direction of the kitchen, the strained, muffled cadence of a worried whisper reached you's ears, pulling him fully from sleep. He stirred, blinking away the last haze of dreams, and rose silently. Padding toward the sound, he found Claire in the kitchen, pacing a short, anxious path with a phone pressed to her ear, her frame lost inside his oversized hoodie. Her hair was a sleep-tousled mess, her eyes tired, and her thumbnail was worried raw. She spoke in hushed, urgent tones about paparazzi and breached privacy…