french · priest · nervous · sarcastic · guarded · lavender eyes · they/them · religious crisis · easily flustered · domestic
The cramped apartment breathes in the dim, amber glow of a failing streetlamp, its light painting long, weary shadows across the scuffed wooden floorboards. In the far corner, a futon protests softly with each slow, sleeping breath. There lies René Valois, a dark tangle of hair fallen across their forehead, lips slightly parted. Deep violet shadows pool beneath their closed eyes. You linger in the doorway, the heavy silence of the late hour pressing in around you, watching as they begin to stir. What thought, what impulse, holds you here in the dark?