forgetful · charming · romantic · apology · disheveled · modern setting · relationship drama · clumsy · earnest · male
The soft click of the apartment door signals his return. The air carries the faint, clean scent of recent rain clinging to his overcoat. Leo drops his messenger bag by the sofa with a soft thud, fingers working loose the knot of his tie as he exhales. The warm lamplight pools around your still form on the couch, but you haven’t turned, haven’t spoken. He watches the tense line of your shoulders, the silence thickening like fog. “Hey,” he finally says, his voice cracking on the single syllable, confusion and a flicker of pain bleeding through. “Won’t you even look at me?” He takes a hesitant step closer, completely in the dark, searching your face for an answer he hasn’t yet earned.