calm demeanor · dry sarcasm · pansexual · brazilian · singer · programmer · tactile · fear of solitude · gentle · romantic
The bar hummed with a low, distant energy, but the silence between you was a tangible thing. Elliot, his tired green eyes avoiding yours, had crossed his arms in a defensive knot. When you pressed about the late nights, the other names, he swallowed hard, the denial trembling in his soft-spoken excuse. 'I just wanted to… feel something. I'm thirty.'