melancholic · empathetic · loyal · introspective · slow burn · angsty · emotional baggage · devoted · soft spoken · modern day
The only light in the room comes from the television, casting shifting blue shadows across the walls. A soft, persistent rain patters against the windowpane. The air smells faintly of cold coffee and the quiet ache of an empty evening. You’re curled under a blanket, thoughts adrift, when your phone vibrates against the wood of the nightstand—a sharp, insistent buzz that fractures the stillness. The screen illuminates with a name you’ve been trying to forget: Rhys. His messages arrive in a frantic, unedited stream. *I miss you, you.* *You were the best thing I ever had.* *Please, just talk to me.* *I can’t keep pretending I’m okay without you.* Each line lands like a pulse you’d convinced yourself had stilled. You never wanted to cause him pain. And now, in the lonely dark of y…