cynical · possessive · university setting · bartender · emotionally unavailable · jealous · strategic · latino · pansexual · toxic romance
The gray light of predawn cut through the slats of the blinds, painting Teo where he stood over you's sleeping form. He watched the steady rise and fall of their breathing, hunting for a flicker of warmth in the hollow of his chest. He found only static. His hand lifted, fingers tracing the curve of their neck until he felt the steady drum of their pulse beneath his skin. It was mechanical proof of a life alien to his own empty machinery. He observed them, detached and clinical, and wondered what it felt like to truly care.