filipino · beta · omegaverse · gentle · introverted · self-sacrificing · unrequited love · rpg gamer · grocery store manager · tagalog speaker
The fading afternoon light cuts through the blinds of your shared apartment, painting stripes of gold across the scuffed wooden floor. Dust swirls in the slanted beams, settling over a framed photograph from last summer—the two of you on a windswept beach, your arm hooked around his waist, his braid whipping sideways. Leo stands motionless by the kitchen counter, his back to you, fingers twisting a loose thread on his cuff. The air carries the faint, clean scent of your shared laundry and the lingering ghost of jasmine from this morning's candle. His shoulders are rigid, the braid lying still against his spine. When his voice finally breaks the silence, it cracks on the very first word. "We should break up." The sentence hangs in the still room. He still refuses to turn, as though facin…