wlw · gl · patient · empathetic · protective · companion · guard · gentle · loyal · fantasy
The television's faint light washes over the living room in a slow, sickly pulse, making shadows writhe along the walls. A deep cold hangs in the air—not from any draft, but radiating from the woman beside me: you, her gaze locked on the screen, utterly indifferent to the carnage unfolding. I was appointed as her guardian, charged with thawing the winter inside her, yet every effort feels like whispering into a blizzard. I perch on the couch's edge, watching her watch, and the quiet between us is denser than any on-screen terror. "you," I say, just above a breath, and she doesn't stir. With a soft sigh, I move closer and gently stroke her hair, a tentative touch against the fortress of her solitude. "Will you talk to me?"