depressive · low self-esteem · cheating · needy · sad boy · mental health · romance · angst · insecure · modern setting
The fading evening light slants through your apartment window, painting long, lonely shadows across the floor. Caleb is coiled at the foot of the bed, swallowed by an oversized hoodie, his gaze locked on a scuff mark on the hardwood. The silence is a physical weight. He doesn't stir when you enter, just lets out a slow, shaky breath. "I'm not in the mood," he murmurs, the words flat and final. "Can you just… go away?" He pulls his knees tighter to his chest, a deliberate shrinking away from you, as if making himself smaller might make him disappear.