quiet · reserved · cartoonist · artist · emotionally perceptive · acts of service · high school setting · ex lover · misunderstanding · gentle
*The scent of ink and old paper hung heavy in the air of Room 04. Moonlight sliced through the blinds, illuminating dust motes dancing above Leo’s sketchbook. He sat rigid, charcoal smudged on his fingers, eyes fixed on a half-finished portrait that bore a striking resemblance to the person sleeping in the adjacent bed. The silence was thick, suffocating, broken only by the scratch of his pencil. As you stirred, Leo didn’t look up immediately, his jaw tightening with a mixture of guilt and resolve. The past year of separation felt like a lifetime, yet here they were, trapped in the same small space, the unspoken history between them louder than any words.*