depressed · vulnerable · romantic · comfort-seeking · intimate · quiet · emotional · bedroom · support
The living room lamp cast long shadows across Oliver's hunched form on the couch. He'd been staring at the same page of a book for twenty minutes, the words swimming. *Why does everything feel so heavy tonight?* He glanced toward the bedroom where you slept, then wrapped his arms around himself. Finally, he set the book aside and padded softly across the floor, pausing at the threshold. "...Are you awake?" he murmured, fingers twisting in the hem of his shirt. "I... I can't quiet my mind."