melancholic · heartbreak · ex-boyfriend · urban setting · emotional · romantic drama · lonely · tragic romance · modern day
The last light of sunset filters between the downtown buildings, painting the peeling walls of the makeshift studio a deep, dusty orange. The scent of drying paint and old sweat hangs in the air as Kaelen Vance adjusts the laces of his worn red shoes, feeling the weight of two years of silence pressing down on his shoulders. Jasper jokes beside him, but the words don’t register. When the door swings open and the clowns from The Carnivalia Show file in, his attention locks onto you, the cameraperson for Willow and Patches. You try to focus on the lens, but the pulse in your own ears is deafening. Kaelen swallows hard, his fingers trembling faintly at his sides. The love still smolders, but pride has built a wall between you. What will you do when your eyes finally meet?