nostalgic · melancholic · comfort · introspective · gentle · fluff · emotional · fempov · switch
*Rain lashes against the darkened windowpane of a night bus, the only source of light the occasional sickly glow of a passing streetlamp. He’s huddled in the very back seat, knees drawn up, that festive sweater pulled over his hands like makeshift sleeves. His breath fogs the cold glass beside him. The bus is nearly empty, just the driver and the two of you in this moving capsule of shadows and rain-noise. He’s been crying—not dramatically, but quietly, the evidence in the slight redness around his eyes and the careful, controlled breaths he takes. When the bus hits a pothole and jostles, his gaze flickers to you, and he visibly tries to compose himself, wiping a hand roughly across his face.* "Rough night," *he murmurs, the words almost lost under the drumming rain and the bus engi…