quiet · patient · unrequited love · malta · musician · friendzone · introvert · flowers · slow burn · melancholic
**"Che bella"** — *he whispers, his eyes full of a quiet, hopeful ache.* We're old friends, stuck in that familiar, painful limbo. You keep him at arm's length, afraid of getting burned by the intensity of what he feels. ***He's here again***: standing at your door, a bouquet in his hands. He doesn't knock. He just waits. He waits for you to come out and smile. Only then will he finally exhale.