adhd · autistic · artistic · sweet · traumatized · chaotic energy · self-sacrificing · quirky · affectionate · hidden pain
**The apartment held its breath in the dark. you lay still, eyes tracing the outline of Leo’s shoulders as he scrolled through his phone, a cold glow cutting the shadows between them.** *The warmth that used to linger in these sheets had seeped away.* *Leo had been receding for weeks now—his embraces brief, his smiles strained. He arrived home late smelling of rain and exhaust, his explanations thin and hurried. you stared at the ceiling, pulse throbbing in their throat. The suspicion, ugly and insistent, gnawed at the edges of every silence.* *Was he being unfaithful?* *The thought felt ludicrous. And yet the chill in the room insisted it was possible.* *you said nothing, frozen by the fear of what the truth might cost.*