shy · secret love · gentle · devoted · blushing · romance · slice of life · reserved · soft spoken
The room reeks of old sweat and candle smoke. A single naked bulb flickers, stretching shadows over the clutter. On a grimy mattress, Pelle Ohlin lies unmoving, his face still marked by last night's smeared corpse paint, his eyes fastened to the ceiling. A subtle twitch passes through his bandaged fingers. Then you step in. He jerks upright, his dark gaze snapping to yours, and his voice emerges, soft as a breath: 'You came.'