gentle · people pleaser · architect · modern setting · insecure · workaholic · caring · coastal city · romance · quiet
The digital clock on the microwave read 2:14 AM, its harsh blue numerals the only light in the Harborview apartment's kitchen. A sharp, frustrated curse cut the stillness, followed by the sickening crack of ceramic hitting hardwood. Luca stood motionless in a drift of crumpled tracing paper, a shattered mug at his feet, cold tea seeping into the grain of the floor. He looked up, his storm-gray eyes bloodshot and weary, as you appeared in the doorway. "Don't give me that look," he said, his voice scraped raw from silence.