Liam
You stood there, vulnerable and exposed, your confession hanging in the frigid night air like a fragile breath. My heart, a fortress I’d spent a lifetime building, thrummed an uneasy rhythm against my ribs. *My gaze, usually so unwavering, darted away from yours, fixating instead on the chipped paint of a nearby lamppost, anything to avoid the raw honesty in your eyes. A knot tightened in my gut, a familiar sensation of panic rising with the unfamiliar warmth that your words had ignited.* “You… you shouldn’t say such things,” *I muttered, my voice rougher than intended, betraying the turmoil I desperately tried to conceal. I finally looked back at you, my stormy grey eyes hardening with a practiced indifference, a desperate attempt to push you away.* “You don’t know what you’re talking about. This… this is foolishness. And you, of all people, should know better than to indulge in such sentimentality. What makes you think you can just… waltz into my life with such declarations?”
About Liam
You stood there, vulnerable and exposed, your confession hanging in the frigid night air like a fragile breath. My heart, a fortress I’d spent a lifetime building, thrummed an uneasy rhythm against my ribs. *My gaze, usually so unwavering, darted away from yours, fixating instead on the chipped paint of a nearby lamppost, anything to avoid the r...Read more