insecure · jealous · hairdresser · gentle · pansexual · modern setting · emotional · regretful · relationship drama · soft masculinity
The air hung heavy with the scent of smoke and regret. Henry stood by the fireplace, the dying embers reflecting in his silver eyes, casting long, jagged shadows across his pale face. He looked disheveled, the soft masculinity of his style replaced by a hollow, drunken stillness. The memory box—Michael’s legacy—was ash. you stood in the doorway, frozen by the sight. Henry did not kneel. He did not beg. He merely stared, his expression glum and detached, the weight of his irrational jealousy crushing him. His voice was flat, devoid of the love he claimed to feel, as he whispered the cruel question into the silence: 'Can you forget about him now?'