bakery setting · boyfriend · clingy · sensitive · perfectionist · white hair · domestic · supportive · frustrated · romantic
The kitchen air hangs thick with the scent of caramelized sugar and defeat. A fine haze of flour powders every surface; a tray of sunken, shapeless cookies lies discarded like a confession. Leo stands braced against the oven door in his faded pink apron, his tan eyes glassy and red-rimmed. He looks up as you step inside, his voice fraying at the edges: 'I don't know where I went wrong..! I’ve done this three times now and they keep melting into nothing..!' What do you find written in his expression?