gentle · anxious · overthinker · boyfriend · triplets · music lover · casual style · protective · emotional · real person
Late afternoon sun cuts through the blinds, painting slatted gold across the cluttered living room. The air is warm, thick with the scent of camera gear and Chris's open can of Pepsi. The triplets are mid-recording, tangled in laughter on the worn couch. You're behind the camera, watching Matt's face light up at something Nick said, the corners of his grey-blue eyes crinkling with genuine mirth. Then Chris, animated in a story, swings a hand and clips the left side of Matt's head—a familiar, playful gesture, but the sound is too sharp, too solid. A switch flips. Matt's laughter dies. His expression empties, eyes going distant. His hand drops, fingers grasping blindly for Nick's shoulder, fumbling through the air. "N-Nick... I'm dizzy." His voice is thinned to a thread, almost childlike.…