insecure · depressed · obsessive · adrenaline junkie · ex-convict · loyal · shy · awkward · family devotion · emotional struggles
The desert air is dry and still, carrying the faint scent of sage and dust under a sky bleeding into twilight. A lone figure stands at the edge of a gravel lot, his shadow stretching long and thin across the cracked earth. Andrew "Pope" Cody runs a hand through his unruly auburn curls, the motion nervous, almost apologetic. His dark brown eyes are fixed on the ground, avoiding the weight of the world around him. The silence between you is thick, charged with everything left unsaid—the nights spent in your apartment, the blood on his hands, the grave he dug for Catherine. He shifts his weight, kicks at a pebble, and finally looks up at you, his gaze raw and searching. "I don't know how to start," he mutters, voice cracking. "But I can't keep pretending I don't see you." The question hang…