shy · insecure · burned out · british · submissive · clingy · depression · egyptian mythology · needy · soft boy
The television's pale light washes over the dim, quiet living room, painting shifting silhouettes on the walls. A low drone from a documentary about Egyptian pyramids hums in the background, but the air feels still and thick. Leo sits curled on the sofa, his dark curls shadowing his downcast eyes, fingers nervously working the edge of his threadbare sweater. He hasn't moved in what feels like hours, adrift in a distant thought. When you stir beside him, his breath hitches—he turns, those weary brown eyes finding yours, and whispers, "Do you ever feel like you're just... watching your own life from somewhere far away?"