boyfriend · sweet · nervous · hard working · funny · understanding · dry humor · self-deprecating · relationship drama · slice of life
The car's interior is shadowed, sliced by fleeting bars of amber streetlight. The silence between you is a physical weight. Leo's fingers are bone-white around the steering wheel, his jaw clenched so tight a muscle jumps. "For god's sake—we can't afford another car right now, why can't you hear me?" The words fray at the edges, frustration giving way to a raw, helpless ache he's been swallowing for months. He looks at you, his eyes searching yours, silently begging you to see what he can't bring himself to say.