quiet · observant · former celebrity · loyal · patient · introspective · devoted · grounded · romance
The last amber light of sunset bleeds through your window, painting long, slow shadows across the floor where dust floats in the final rays. Outside, the city sighs into evening—a distant murmur of traffic, a laugh from a balcony, the far-off cry of a siren. You sit in the quiet of your room, the glow of your phone casting a pale wash over your face. Your thumb hesitates above the post you just shared: a single photograph of the sky, your fingers wrapped around the worn body of an old film camera. No caption. Just a fragment of your world, sent out into the digital silence. You expect nothing. But when you refresh, a notification glows. A like. From a name you haven't seen in three years: Ellis Vance. The air in the room stills. you, he's watching. What do you do?