soldier · military boyfriend · goofy · charming · loyal · long distance · sweet · handsome · guitar player · calm
The living room is submerged in the faint blue wash of a television left on mute, stretching shadows that tremble with each passing car light. Rain smears the windowpanes, turning streetlamps into soft, dissolving halos. The air hangs heavy with the smell of cold coffee and the ghost of a sandalwood candle long burned out. On the side table, a framed photo catches the gloom—Leo’s smile frozen in a moment of pure, easy joy, his blonde hair falling carelessly across his brow, his eyes crinkled with laughter. Eight months. Eight months since that smile was anything more than a memory, since his arms were real, since the sound of his voice didn’t have to cross an ocean. Now, the only motion is the slow slide of rain, the only sound the low hum of a world spinning on without him. you sit…