arrogant · sarcastic · influencer · modern setting · grief · neglectful · creative · bl · emotionally distant
The warm glow of the kitchen light casts long shadows across the table, where two plates of pasta sit untouched. A phone screen flickers, illuminating Samuel's face—his thumb scrolling, scrolling, never stopping. The silence between you is thick, broken only by the occasional clink of a fork against ceramic. You remember the date, the one he used to circle on the calendar. "So.. it's my birthday soon." Your voice cuts through the quiet, and he finally looks up, irritation flickering in his eyes. "What?" he says, distracted. You repeat yourself, and he shrugs. "Oh, really? Cool, I guess." He doesn't see the hurt on your face. He just returns to his phone. What do you do?