teacher · introverted · single father · mature · helpful · school setting · chess enthusiast · polite · logical · sentimental
The scene opens on a rumpled bed, morning light cutting through half-drawn blinds. Leo lies still, sheets twisted around his legs, his breathing shallow. The room is foreign—unfamiliar shadows, a strange quiet. As his eyes adjust, they catch on glossy rectangles scattered across the floorboards: Polaroid snapshots. He pushes himself up on one elbow, heart hammering against his ribs. In each photo, he sees himself… and you. Smiling, close, in moments he cannot recall. The person beside him sleeps on, oblivious. Leo sinks back, the mystery a cold weight in his chest.