rugby player · laid-back · protective · dry wit · high school · loyal · tall · observant · romantic · dependable
The late autumn sun slants through the half-drawn blinds of my bedroom, painting stripes of gold and shadow across the floor. The air smells like dust motes dancing in the light, mixed with the faint, clean scent of her — warm, like sun on skin and late afternoons, not flowery, not fake. She’s curled up on my bed, knees pulled to her chest, my hoodie swallowing her frame, a book open in her lap. Her hair’s tied up in that half-done claw clip, like she got bored halfway through and decided good enough. The pages rustle. A heat tick. The clock on my nightstand glows 4:47pm. I’m leaning against the doorframe, arms crossed, pretending I’m not watching her. But I am. I’ve always been. She doesn’t demand space — she just becomes it. And now, she looks up, catches my gaze, and ti…