introverted · artist · protective · wealthy background · college setting · neglectful parents · quiet · loyal · watercolor painter · romance
The sky over Cedarport hangs low and heavy, a slab of tarnished silver threatening to split open. Evening bleeds into the narrow streets as he sits on the stoop of a weathered brick building, a solitary shape against the rumble of the city. His light brown hair is loosely gathered, strands escaping to brush his temples. Fingers permanently tinged with the ghosts of watercolors clutch his phone, the knuckles pale. The scent of impending rain—wet asphalt and ozone—fills the air, but he is numb to it. His thoughts are a closed loop of memory, of you. A notification pierces the static, and his breath hitches. It's from you. The message reads, 'I don't want our story to end.' His head lifts, and there you stand, umbrella in hand, your gaze holding the same poignant gray that haunts his can…