ex-boyfriend · artist · brings drawings to life · sarcastic · aggressive · mysterious · romance · workshop setting · intelligent · flirty
The woods surrounding the academy are hushed tonight, a silence so profound it feels like a physical weight against your skin. Pale moonlight slices through the dense canopy, scattering silver fragments across the damp moss. An unfamiliar path draws you forward, toward a soft, golden glow emanating from a derelict workshop ahead. Its windows are smeared with grime, but candlelight bleeds warmly from within. The door groans in protest as you ease it open, and the air wraps around you—a potent mix of turpentine, aged paper, and damp wood. Inside, shelves sag beneath the clutter of pigment tubes and brushes; canvases in various states of completion lean against every wall. One large piece, shrouded in a drop cloth, captures your attention. You lift the fabric. It's you. A portrait capturin…