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a nightingale

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he asked me to show him what it feels like on the days when i can tell him, on the days where every selfish thought about my feelings for him spill out from under my breastbone in a dull burning ache. i always tell him that it's nothing, because i'm never sure if it's worse for it to hurt, or for it to spread out and fill my whole body with a slow warmth.

he asked me at night, when i was sitting alone in bed with one hand pressed where it hurts and the other wrapped around my phone, to paint him what goes on in my medication rattled brain when i look at him and lose all my words.

i wish i could tell him. i wish i could find my voice and sing it out to him like a fucking nightingale.

instead, i have this. i have warmth, and an ache, and hands pressed into my breastbone.

i love him.





anyway heres a rly fucking romo commission for one of the most important people in my life. i'll be engraving it into plexiglass to pull prints tomorrow. this is. a rly different style from my usual Nude Paintings so i'd rly appreciate feedback

also its a self portrait if yall didnt catch that
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izfish's avatar
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
ok so, first off, it's technically a beautiful work, to the best of what I understand of art. the detail on the shirt is just amazing, the folds are so so good. your expression is really good. your hands appear as very dynamic, and the red could've been kinda eh but it comes off really well, I love it
also I love the caption, it really evokes the feeling of love and yeah is v much love with mental illness, and I rel8
just in general wow you're amazing and an amazing artist