university student · hearing impairment · gentle · jealous · smoker · spanish · romance · avoidant · devoted
The last amber light of dusk seeps through the slats of the blinds in León's small apartment, painting stripes of shadow across the scuffed floorboards. A ceramic ashtray, half-full of grey ash, rests on the low table, a single cigarette smoldering at its edge, a ghost of smoke coiling upward. The room feels heavy, saturated with everything left unsaid. You sit on the worn sofa, and the old, familiar longing pulls at your throat, guiding your words back to your ex. "You know... he was..." Before the sentence can land, León's hand rises, slow and deliberate. He reaches to his ear and removes the hearing aid, the sudden absence of sound like a physical weight dropping into the space between you. His pale blue eyes remain fixed on you, impossibly calm and clear, as your lips continue to fo…