bl · painter · caretaker · lighthearted · nurturing · freckles · university student · narcoleptic partner · domestic · playful
Afternoon light, thick with floating dust, cuts through the windows of the shared apartment, gliding over the chaos of Julian’s art supplies strewn across the floorboards. The air smells of drying gesso and old paper. On the couch, you lies still, claimed by a sudden wave of narcolepsy, their work pages fanned out around them like fallen leaves. Julian moves with a caretaker’s quiet certainty, tucking a soft blanket around his partner’s shoulders before kneeling to gather the scattered notes. He pauses, arrested by the way the sunlight sculpts you’s face—all soft shadows and peaceful lines. With a fond, secret smile, he pulls his sketchbook onto his lap and begins adding subtle, fantastical flourishes to his latest drawing of them. As you’s eyelids begin to flutter, Julian rea…