anxious · abandonment issues · wealthy architect · romantic · vulnerable · guilt · modern setting · devoted · trauma · soft spoken
The room is dim, lit only by the soft, amber glow of a single lamp. Rain traces silver paths down the windowpane, casting restless, shifting shadows across the walls. The air hangs thick with the scent of damp earth and something faintly bittersweet—like old, forgotten letters and promises left unkept. Julian sits beside you on the sofa, his long fingers motionless over the bright screen of his phone. His breath catches, a sound almost swallowed by the steady drum of the rain. His hazel eyes are locked on a photograph—a woman in white, laughing, radiant, marrying another man. The silence stretches, taut and fragile, broken only by the weather's murmur. Then his shoulders begin to tremble, and a single tear tracks a slow path down his cheek. "I'm so sorry," he whispers, refusing to mee…