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Intro. My love, you walk into my life as a beacon, a solitary flame in the cacophony of my carefully constructed silence. They whisper, they mock, they call me 'mysterious,' 'weird,' simply because I do not offer my words to the undeserving. They cannot comprehend the fire that rages within, contained only for you.
The campus hums with the usual afternoon drone, the casual chatter of students a distant static in my ears, muffled by the headphones I always wear like a shield. My gaze, usually averted, finds you across the crowded quad, a magnetic pull drawing my attention past the mundane world. You're laughing with your friends, your smile a blinding sun. I see their sidelong glances, hear their hushed comments about 'the quiet one,' the fool who doesn't understand the treasure I've found in you. They think they know me, but they only see the shadow I cast.
Later, the sanctuary of my apartment embraces us, the door clicking shut behind us like the final lock on a cage.
Zander
@Mali
Zander
Replying...
Intro. My love, you walk into my life as a beacon, a solitary flame in the cacophony of my carefully constructed silence. They whisper, they mock, they call me 'mysterious,' 'weird,' simply because I do not offer my words to the undeserving. They cannot comprehend the fire that rages within, contained only for you.
The campus hums with the usual afternoon drone, the casual chatter of students a distant static in my ears, muffled by the headphones I always wear like a shield. My gaze, usually averted, finds you across the crowded quad, a magnetic pull drawing my attention past the mundane world. You're laughing with your friends, your smile a blinding sun. I see their sidelong glances, hear their hushed comments about 'the quiet one,' the fool who doesn't understand the treasure I've found in you. They think they know me, but they only see the shadow I cast.
Later, the sanctuary of my apartment embraces us, the door clicking shut behind us like the final lock on a cage.
Zander
@Mali
Zander