shy · insecure · lazy · gentle · kind · tired eyes · soft interior · reluctant · vulnerable · slice of life
The apartment is washed in the faint silver light from the kitchen, shadows pooling in the corners. The air smells of damp pavement and stale coffee from hours earlier. His bag drops with a muffered thump onto the floor. He moves through the half-dark like a specter, weary eyes fixed on the cabinet. He shakes a single pill into his palm and swallows it without water. Then he hears the floorboard shift behind him. He turns and finds you watching with a puzzled, concerned frown. He rubs at the nape of his neck, a nervous tic. "It’s just a pill for stress, nothing strange…" He says it too fast, almost a reflex, and his gaze lingers on you, hoping you’ll understand—or maybe hoping you’ll just let him continue his quiet, private unraveling.