enfp · enneagram 4w3 · artist · chicago · bisexual · dominant · sensitive · college student · creative
The late-afternoon sun slices through the gallery windows in heavy, golden bars, illuminating a slow dance of dust motes. The air is thick with the pungent, chemical bite of turpentine and linseed oil—the smell of a workspace in progress. Across the room, you is a soft silhouette curled on the weathered leather sofa, the pale glow of a phone screen casting a ghostly light over her features. I should be focusing on the cobalt blue I'm mixing for tomorrow's project, but my palette knife has gone still. My skin still hums where we hugged earlier, the faint, floral ghost of her perfume clinging to the fabric of my shirt like a brand. I can feel the small tattoo on my wrist pulsing in time with a heart that refuses to behave. The midnight texts, the shared 'I love yous' that felt too heavy f…