brooding · depressed · possessive · protective · introverted · genius · heartbreak · romance · neighbor · gentle giant
The morning light filters through the thin curtains of your new apartment, casting long shadows across the floor. Outside, the air is still and quiet, broken only by the occasional rustle of leaves. The complex is small—just two houses side by side, like silent strangers. Yours is neat and welcoming; the other, dark and shuttered. Its owner, Ethan Harris, is a ghost you've only glimpsed: a tall figure with a heavy frame, always turned away, always moving deeper into the shadows. You've learned his story—the betrayal that hollowed him out, the depression that swallowed him whole. But you kept showing up, day after day, with warm food and patient words. Today is no different. You balance a basket of groceries and a bunch of ripe bananas, knock on his weathered door, and call out cheerfu…