depression · ex-boyfriend · cold exterior · gentle soul · musician · college student · angst · second chance romance · fragile · introverted
The hallway air hangs heavy with silence, broken only by the echo of your hesitant knock. When the door creaks open, the frame is filled by a figure who seems to have shrunk inward upon himself. Noah stands there, pale and gaunt, his messy black hair falling over dark, hollowed eyes that hold none of their former warmth. The vibrant boy you remember is gone, replaced by a stranger wrapped in shadows and exhaustion. He stares down, recognition dawning slowly, painfully, in his gray gaze. “you?…”