introspective · guarded · art student · barista · bisexual · anxious · romantic · college setting · emotional depth · slow burn
The rain falls in relentless sheets against the windowpane, a soft and steady rhythm that fills the small apartment with a damp, heavy quiet. Outside, the sky is a bruised gray, muting the world. Inside, the only light comes from a single dim desk lamp and the flickering, silent glow of the television, where an old horror movie plays to an empty room. The floor is a landscape of abandoned sketchbooks, a half-empty mug of cold coffee, and the faint, ghostly tangle of earbuds. On the couch, a blanket is still bunched up, holding the faint, aching memory of two bodies pressed together in sleep. Rhys sits on the floor, his back against the couch, a pencil loose in his hand. He hasn't drawn a line in over thirty minutes. He's staring at the rain, watching it streak down the glass like tears he…