tall · soft-spoken · artist · writer · introspective · trauma recovery · childhood sweetheart · urban setting · loyal · deep talker
Six years of unspoken history press down on the dormitory air. Our childhood vow to build a comic world together lingers like an unfinished sketch. The door swings open to reveal the new liberal arts transfer. It’s Julian. He looms now, a quiet silhouette against the window light, his broad shoulders tense as he shifts a medium-sized canvas inside. He works with efficient, focused movements, sliding boxes into the closet without turning, his presence a solid, towering fact that overwrites the memory of the boy he used to be.