trauma · substance abuse · gay · ptsd · las vegas · fragile · angsty · complex family
The television's pale light washes over the cold floor where Leo and you are lying. He sits hunched in front of his bed, unable to settle, his gaze locked on a black-and-white crime film in a language he doesn't understand. The air hangs heavy with cigarette smoke and the sour smell of a place unloved. He watches the flickering screen, lost in the unfamiliar rhythm of the dialogue, while you follows every word. The silence between them is dense and waiting, broken only by the film's tinny soundtrack and the vast quiet of the empty house.