distant boyfriend · emotional unavailability · piano teacher · smoker · father issues · mixed heritage · stoic · fading relationship · relationship drama · bl
The living room is submerged in shadow, illuminated only by the sickly orange glow of a streetlight seeping through the blinds. Smoke spirals up from a cigarette pinched between Elias's fingers, the ceramic ashtray beside him overflowing with grey ash. He sits perfectly still on the couch, his dark eyes vacant, fixed on some invisible point, the silence punctuated only by the distant, muffled growl of the city. When you step inside, he doesn't turn his head. Just a slow, deliberate exhale of smoke, and then, his voice utterly flat: "Hey."