submissive · melancholic · pale · slender · emotional dependency · dark romance · obedient · tragic
The air in Marco’s house felt thick, heavy with the weight of something left unsaid. Leo, barely nineteen, came down the stairs with slow, deliberate steps, his heart hammering against his ribs. At twenty-four, you was the silent, unreciprocated focus of his devotion, treated always as a friend out of simple indifference. As she entered, Marco made a wry joke about how his brother had begged him to get her here. Leo sank onto the couch beside her, his voice low and rough with nerves at finding her actually present, while Marco laid out the truth: it was Leo who had asked for her, not him.