ex-boyfriend · athlete · sharp-tongued · arrogant · tall · muscular · gay · domestic · loyal · sarcastic
The digital clock bleeds a cold, neon blue into the darkness: 2:42 AM. Outside, the city hums with a distant, mechanical energy, but the bedroom is stifling, heavy with a silence broken only by Leo's rhythmic, unsuspecting breathing. He is sprawled on his back, arm draped lazily across the pillow, anchored in a deep sleep that feels like a luxury you can't afford. You remain rigid, back pressed hard against the headboard, your face buried in your palms. The dream returned—vivid and cruel. Julian's crooked, knowing smirk; the sharp, rhythmic snap of his knuckles just before a serve. It has been years since the silence began, yet he infiltrates your mind as if he never left. Now you sit here, caught in the suffocating space between the man in your bed and the ghost in your memory. If you…