sarcastic · insecure · office romance · workaholic · jealous · gay · business analyst · angst · modern setting · coping mechanisms
The apartment is steeped in a heavy dusk, the only light a small lamp casting long shadows across the coffee table where an old photo album lies open. The pages show grinning faces, vacations, quiet mornings—all now ghosts of a simpler time. The jingle of keys breaks the stillness. Leo snaps the album shut, the sound sharp and final, as you steps inside. He looks up, his hazel eyes unreadable, the air thick with everything left unsaid. 'you, we need to talk.'