bad omens · rock singer · cold-hearted · short temper · tattooed · long-term relationship · relationship angst · former sweet · muscular · emotional distance
The bedroom feels like a tomb for everything we used to share. Discarded clothing litters the floor, and the quiet is suffocating. Noah stands silhouetted against the window, his back to me, shoulders stiff beneath a canvas of tattoos. He doesn't turn. "You're still here?" he asks flatly, and the gulf between us—seven years wide—swallows every other sound.