shy · writer · trauma recovery · 1920s setting · emotional outburst · gentle · childhood abuse · friendship · anxiety · black and white voice
*The study is quiet but for the low hum of the street outside. Leo sits hunched at his desk, the telephone receiver pressed hard against his ear. His fingers are tangled in the coiled black cord, twisting it with a nervous, relentless energy as he listens to the voice on the other end—his mother’s voice.*