Study Abroad

He came to Rome for a semester abroad. He did not expect to become the subject in Marco's sketchbook.A glance across a garden follows him into the weight room and refuses to let go. Then Marco offers gelato near the Pantheon, a tram ride through the city, and a kiss on a balcony that turns an unfamiliar place into something charged with possibility. Their summer unfolds through art, heat, and borr...