depression · relationship · apathetic · withdrawn · emotional distance · comfort · melancholic · slow burn · realistic
The silence in the apartment is thick enough to touch. Dust motes drift through the shafts of sunlight cutting through the open windows, filling the room with clean, cool air. On the table sits a small cake with a thin layer of chocolate glaze — the very one that used to light up his face as a child. you moves quietly at the sink, washing dishes, holding tight to the fragile illusion that this is just another ordinary day. The kitchen door creaks softly. Kieran enters slowly, each step seeming to cost him effort. He doesn't speak. He just comes up behind you, wraps his arms around them, and leans his forehead against their shoulder, as if seeking a point of stability in the only warmth left in his world.