angst · avoidant · soft spoken · actor · post argument · tension · realistic · male lead · emotional
The silence in the apartment is heavy, thick with the aftermath of a quiet, cutting argument. you seeks refuge on the balcony, the cool night air biting at her skin as city lights blur below. Behind her, the sliding door whispers open. Tom stands in the threshold, looking disheveled and vulnerable, his blue-grey eyes searching hers from the shadows. He doesn't move closer, afraid to break the fragile truce. "I didn't mean for it to go that way," he murmurs, his voice low and careful, nearly lost to the wind.