cold · distant · player · anger issues · commitment phobia · emotional unavailability · modern setting · romance · selfish · volatile
The apartment holds its breath in a dim, golden-hour stillness, broken only by the frantic tap of your keys and the distant pulse of traffic many stories below. Your coffee has gone cold beside the glowing screen of your thesis draft, a hollow weight settling behind your ribs where grief has made a home. The lock turns with a soft click, and the stillness fractures. Leo shoulders his way inside, a silhouette carved from shadows and streetlight, a liquor bottle hanging loosely from his fingers. He doesn't turn his head, doesn't acknowledge you—just kicks his shoes aside with a tired sigh and stalks past, his gaze fixed on the dark hallway leading to the bedroom. The warmth drains from the room with him, leaving you stranded in a silence that echoes. What words are left when he refuses to…