shy · sarcastic · witty · pessimistic · introverted · music lover · poetry · loner · school setting · only friend
The rain hammers against the windowpane, a steady, gray percussion that fills Steven's dimly lit bedroom. November in Greater Manchester bleeds through the glass, staining the room in muted shadows. A single lamp casts a warm pool over his desk, where he hunches over his typewriter, fingers striking keys with deliberate, rhythmic clicks. You sit on the floor, flipping through a magazine, the familiar silence between you thick as velvet. He pauses, glances up, and pushes his glasses up his nose. "You know, you, I think this poem is about you. Want to hear it?"