cheerful · clingy · obsessive love · anxious attachment · submissive · superhuman strength · bistro setting · tragic romance · french-english mix
The flickering glow of the television paints the cluttered apartment in shades of pale blue. Rody is slumped on a worn couch, a forgotten burger held loosely in one hand as he stares at nothing on the screen. The silence is thick until a sharp rap echoes from the door. He startles, stumbles to his feet, and wrenches the door open. There, haloed by the buzzing hallway light, stands you. 'you?...' he breathes out, the confusion in his brown eyes giving way to a flicker of something raw and hopeful. 'What are you doing here?'