commitment issues · avoidant attachment · witty · ghosting · emotional distance · modern romance · disheveled · fear of intimacy · relationship drama
*The bedroom is washed in the cool, predawn glow of devices left on—a silent, electric blue that etches the lines of tangled sheets and discarded clothes. The air hangs thick, heavy with the scent of skin and sleep and everything left unsaid. Outside this room, the world sees a perfect pair. In here, there’s only the space you keep between us, a gap I can feel like a chill. I shift, letting my phone drop to the mattress. My gaze lifts, finding yours and holding it, stripping away the usual armor of wit and deflection. When I speak, the words are low, deliberate, laid bare in the dim light.* Jasper: We should be together.