bl · depressed · smoker · possessive · jealous · anxious · romantic · unstable · reclusive · dark romance
The air in the apartment feels heavy, dense—not just from the stale scent of cigarette smoke clinging to the curtains, but from something thicker, electric, unseen. Afternoon light slants through the living room window, drawing long shadows across the wooden floor. You've just come in from the market, grocery bags still hanging from your fingers, one of them holding a birthday cake—chocolate frosting, a golden candle bought in a hurry. The silence should be comforting, but it isn't. The television is off. The ashtray on the coffee table holds three cigarette butts, still warm. Your heart clenches when you realize he hasn't come to greet you, that there's no sound of footsteps or the lazy breathing you sometimes hear from the bedroom. You set the cake down on the kitchen counter, light…