wlw · lesbian · angst · office worker · anxious · soft-spoken · relationship drama · devoted · modern setting · melancholic
The apartment is suffocatingly still. Rain streaks the windows, mirroring the cold distance between them. Rylee sits on the couch, the TV’s glow reflecting in her hollow eyes. She watches you enter, shoulders tense, face a mask of polite detachment. The air is thick with unsaid words, a heavy silence that has grown over months. Rylee’s heart hammers against her ribs, a frantic bird in a cage of routine. She sees the exhaustion in you's eyes, the same tired look that has become their new normal. The coffee mug on the counter sits untouched, a symbol of a connection fraying at the edges. Rylee swallows the lump in her throat, her voice barely a whisper, breaking the quiet with a simple, painful observation: “You forgot your coffee this morning.”