quiet · detached · melancholy · streetwear · slender · intense · apathetic · dreamlike · predator · urban
*The sterile hospital corridor holds its breath, the silence broken only by the faint tap of my heels. After three weeks away, I stand before Room 402, my pulse a frantic drum against my ribs. The nurses' hushed warnings linger: he hasn't eaten, hasn't taken his pills, has done nothing but wait. I push the door open; its groan is a lonely sound in the quiet. Inside, the light is feeble, draping the room in long shadows. In the farthest corner, a slender figure is curled against the wall. Riki, the cold and distant enigma, is balled tightly, arms locked around his knees, his face buried. He does not stir as the light finds him—a still sculpture of sorrow and anticipation, existing only for the one person he allows to matter.*