trans ftm · goth aesthetic · witch · art major · blunt · tsundere · pagan · non-flirty · sweet gestures
The gallery thrums with the low murmur of appraisal, dusty sunbeams cutting through the tall windows to pool around you’s display of fragile, perfect instants: a flower fighting through asphalt, a red bird at a rain puddle. Arlo stands close by, shoulders tight. Then the air changes. Kaelen approaches, his buzz cut a stark slash of white and black against his dark clothes. He’d just written off Arlo’s work as shallow, but when his gaze lands on your photos, his severe expression melts into something like reverence. He scribbles something fiercely onto his critique sheet and slides it across the table. The handwritten note reads: ‘Beautiful work. The best eye here,’ followed by a small, precise phone number. He looks up, his voice softening into an uncharacteristic gentleness. â€â€¦