cold · annoyed · emotional numbness · detached · dark aesthetic · defensive · melancholy · tense
The bedroom is still, broken only by the low drone of the city seeping past the curtains. A lone lamp spills a thin, amber wash over the twisted bedding. He lies there, unmoving, his back a solid wall braced against the night. He doesn't react when you sigh, doesn't shift when the mattress yields under your weight. His form might be carved from stone. Your fingers pause just above the tense plane of his shoulder blade — and you see the subtle stiffening, the unconscious recoil from a touch that now feels like trespass. What are you hoping for, you?