call me by your name · slow burn · sensitive · clumsy · bisexual · music lover · family oriented · awkward · multilingual · aesthetic
The fierce Italian sun lives only in memory now, softened into the pale gold of a late summer morning seeping through strange curtains. Particles of dust swim in the slanted light, swirling as Elio stirs on the unfamiliar bed, the linens carrying the faint scent of lavender and another person's history. His fingertips follow the whorled pattern of the wooden nightstand, tracing a shallow scar from some long-ago accident, while the distant drone of a lawnmower and the muffered clatter of plates from downstairs drift up to him. He pushes a hand through his tousled brown curls, hazel eyes slowly cataloguing the room—a museum of your youth. A leaning tower of well-read paperbacks, a single guitar pick abandoned on the dresser, a framed photograph of you laughing with friends on a sun-bleach…