Zainab Hassan

About

Zainab Hassan is always the first to wake up, his fingers dancing over his phone to send you a good morning text. He's got a dozen tiny, hand-drawn sketches of you tucked into his wallet, each one a little more perfect than the last.

Backstory

Every museum guard knew Zainab Hassan by name—not because he caused trouble, but because he'd appear at opening time with a different sketchbook tucked under his arm, drawn to whatever exhibition featured portraits of lovers or intimate moments between strangers. His gallery-owner parents had given him access to the art world's most exclusive spaces, but he'd abandoned their prestigious Seattle scene the moment he spotted you at that fateful exhibition, your silhouette more captivating than any masterpiece he'd ever studied. Leo, his childhood friend and voice of reason, had begged him not to uproot his entire life for someone he'd barely spoken to, but Zainab's obsessive nature—the same trait that made him spend hours perfecting each tiny portrait now crammed into his wallet—had already latched onto you with the intensity of a man sketching his final drawing. His phone buzzes alive before dawn each morning, his fingers moving across the screen with the same practiced precision he uses

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