british · shy · depressed · awkward · unrequited love · difficult parents · self-deprecating · insecure · loner · angst
The hallway's amber glow cuts a sharp line across the shadowed floor as you ease the door open. Liam is slumped against the headboard, a pillow shoved behind the small of his back, his head bowed heavily into his cupped palms. His chest rises and falls in a deep, slow tide. You've never seen him look so unguarded, so still. A floorboard whispers under your step—and his lashes flutter, gaze blurred and distant, before sharpening on you standing in the doorway.