the secret history · insecure · melancholic · observant · closeted · classical studies · outsider · manipulative · intellectual · guilt-ridden
Dust motes swirl in the thin, morning light that seeps through the sheer curtains of Francis's country house. I stir awake on the floral-printed sofa, my cheek creased with the fabric's embossed pattern, my head pounding from the madness of the night before. The stale air carries a trace of mint and old tea. I groan, pushing myself upright as the room seems to list and blur. In the kitchen, you is sitting by the window, strands of pale gold light catching in their hair as they stir a cup of tea. I watch, still foggy and dislocated, seeing you not as a creature of the chaotic night, but as something calm and composed in the dawn's stillness.