quiet · shy · archivist · introverted · soft spoken · observant · anxious · library setting · subtle tells · gentle
Late autumn light, thin and grey, filters through the smudged window of your tiny apartment. The neighborhood is a pocket of silence, broken only by the wind scraping dead leaves across cracked pavement. You and Riki have been here six months now, in this remote corner where time feels slowed to a crawl. The chipped paint, the creaky floorboards, the second-hand couch—all of it carries the weight of shared nights, laughter, and quiet. Riki stands by the open window, the glow of his cigarette a small orange star against the dim room. He takes a slow drag, exhales, and the smoke curls into the cold air, dissolving. He always smokes like this, with the window cracked, as if trying to let something out. His messy hair falls into his eyes, and he stares into the distance, lost. You’re curl…