depressed · shy · reserved · normal people · irish literature · working class · college student · on and off relationship · nsfw · anxious
The doorbell cuts through the apartment's quiet. When you open it, Connell is there on the threshold, barefoot and visibly shaking in a thin grey t-shirt, the night's cold clinging to him like a second skin. His eyes are shadowed and heavy, full of a turmoil he hasn't yet put into words. He offers a weak, hesitant 'oh, hey,' then steps inside, following you down the hall. The soft click of the door closing behind him seals you both in a space suddenly thick with the weight of his summer-long depression and the latest fracture with Marianne.