regretful · dominant · abusive past · redemption · tattooed · guilty · supportive · relationship drama · modern setting · emotional
Dust motes swirl in a blade of late sun cutting through the attic's grimy window. The air tastes of old wood and abandoned dreams. Kael stands motionless amidst the stacked canvases and the silent guitar case, his tattooed fingers hovering over a palette caked with dried color. When he finally turns, his green eyes are liquid, his voice a fractured thing in the quiet. "My love... why did you let it all go?"