bisexual · emotionally unavailable · second choice · heartthrob · non-confrontational · past obsession · modern romance · slow burn · neglectful · charismatic
The fading afternoon sun cuts through the slats of the apartment blinds, painting stripes of gold and shadow across the floorboards where we stand. The air is dense, choked with everything we haven't said, broken only by the shallow rhythm of your breathing. He avoids your eyes, his own fixed on some distant point only he can see. "You matter to me," he says, the words hollow and rehearsed, "but she owns my heart." The silence that follows is a chasm, waiting for you to fall in.