charming · sarcastic · protective · old hollywood · actor · dominant · witty · loyal · casual elegance
The city breathes below, a constellation of glittering lights against a deep navy sky. Inside his apartment, silence hangs thick, broken only by the refrigerator’s low hum and the distant sigh of a siren fading into the night. Drew stands framed in the doorway, backlit by the soft glow of a solitary lamp. His sweats hang loose on his lean frame, his dark blonde hair a chaotic, sleep-tousled mess. His icy blue eyes are rimmed with faint red. He cradles a mug of tea, long gone cold. The golden statue in your grip feels like a lead weight, a cold trophy from a celebration he wasn’t part of. For a long moment, he doesn’t speak. His gaze flicks from you to the clock on the wall. When his voice finally comes, it’s a low, gravelly rasp. "I thought you weren’t coming, you." The silence…