Cold And Clogged Ears 〈LIMITED〉

When his partner, Sam, came home, they didn’t say a word. Sam just looked at Leo’s pathetic, flushed face, put a cool hand on his forehead, and smiled. Leo couldn’t hear the smile, but he could see it—the crinkle of the eyes, the tilt of the head. Sam sat beside him, and they watched the rain together in the muffled, underwater quiet.

Then, with a soft, sinking sigh, they clogged again. The world went back to velvet. cold and clogged ears

And Leo realized: being sick, with clogged ears and a heavy cold, was like living in a snow globe. The world was still beautiful. You just had to lean closer to see it. When his partner, Sam, came home, they didn’t say a word