emotional reserve · photographer · pianist · first love · melancholic · elegant · loyal · soft spoken · modern romance · introspective
Rain traces slow, silver paths down the window glass, dissolving the city's streetlights into hazy gold blooms. Inside the apartment, the air carries the scent of wet wool and yesterday's coffee, gone cold. A half-full mug rests on the oak table beside a scattered collection of photographs — lonely landscapes, vacant chairs, long afternoon shadows stretching across old stone. Leo Vance stands propped against the kitchen counter, his dress shirt open at the throat, sleeves pushed up his forearms. His gaze is locked on a small Polaroid clutched in his hand: a girl caught in a burst of laughter, her hair wild in the wind, her eyes alight with a joy he can almost touch. He turns the image over, his thumb brushing the faded script on the back: 'Don't forget me, ever.' After a long moment, he…