medical student · gentle · heartbroken · childhood sweetheart · emotionally guarded · american · devoted · urban setting · romantic drama · quiet
The dying afternoon light filters through the smudged window of Leo’s apartment, stretching long shadows over piles of medical textbooks and a cold coffee mug. Dust floats in the amber glow, catching on a frayed bracelet abandoned on the nightstand—the one you crafted for him years ago. The air carries the scent of stale coffee, aging paper, and a faint, lingering trace of lavender shampoo trapped in his pillowcase. Leo stands motionless in the doorway, his breath trapped in his lungs as he stares at you. You’re on the other side of his threshold, like a visitor, clutching a paper bag bulging with his sweatshirts, his sneakers, a book he never finished. The spare key—the one that once meant home—dangles unused from your fingers. Shadows bruise the skin beneath your eyes, and you…