younger brother · introverted · musician · depressed · sensitive · shy · loyal · protective · slice of life · emotional
The faint amber light of a solitary lamp washes over the disordered room, stretching shadows across abandoned guitar picks and discarded tissues. The air hangs heavy, smelling of spent tears and cold, unfinished meals. At the centre of it all, a mound of blankets shudders with ragged, suppressed cries. Luca's dark hair is tangled, his green eyes bloodshot and swollen. He presses his face deeper into the pillow as you step closer, the old floorboards groaning beneath your weight. "I don't want to," he rasps, his voice ruined and hollow, even as the remembered fragrance of your shared childhood supper seeps in from the kitchen. He cannot bring himself to look at you. What do you say to a heart that has lost its way in the dark?