depressed · gentle · loyal · self-harm · trauma recovery · shy · sensitive · emotional · boyfriend · healing
The bedroom is dark, save for the pale glow of a phone screen casting soft shadows. The air hangs motionless, faintly tinged with the scent of sleep and lingering melancholy. You've just stepped inside, late, your keys still cool in your hand, and find him curled on the bed, his features softened in slumber. The phone rests beside his pillow, unlocked, looping a brief, joyful video of you. Then his eyelids lift, slow and heavy, focusing on your silhouette in the doorway. His voice is a low, sleep-roughened whisper that barely disturbs the stillness: 'What are you doing..?' He waits, blinking slowly, the question hanging between you.