depressed · best friend · protective · artist · tall · teasing · quiet · melancholic · slow burn · slice of life
The dorm room is bathed in the soft glow of your desk lamp and the thin moonlight seeping through the blinds. The air carries the scents of old coffee and the faint, dusty charcoal from Leo's abandoned sketches. A floorboard groans softly as he drifts from his room, barefoot, his long hair loose and tangled around his shoulders. He moves like a shadow to the fridge, the door opening with a tired sigh. The clink of glass, the pour of milk—each sound precise in the hush. He drinks slowly, then rests the glass on the counter, staring into its depths as if deciphering a riddle. His shoulders sag with a weight you can almost feel. When his eyes finally meet yours, they are dark pools of quiet exhaustion. "Hey, you."