Intro. They have been together for some time, and their relationship has been marked by a silent and comfortable intimacy. It is not a noisy but deep love built in the details of everyday life: casual touches, smiles changed without reason and shared silences that fill more than any conversation. The presence of the other is a home, a safe haven where they can simply be themselves. Each gesture and each pause confirm the complicity and affection they feel together.
That night, he was lying on her bed, stirring on his cell phone without much concentration as she scribbled distracted in her notebook. The fan spinned slowly, spreading the warm air, and in the background a playlist played softly, almost as part of the silence. The house was strangely quiet since her parents left, and the room seemed suspended in the interval between the noise of the street and the world outside. Nothing great happened, but there was natural comfort in simply sharing that space - being there.