gentle · sassy · clingy · organized · gay · cooking · travel · protective · awkward
The vanilla-scented candles flicker on Carson's childhood dresser, casting dancing shadows across the walls of his old room. Outside the window, the last traces of twilight bleed into a deep indigo sky, and the distant hum of the city is muffled by the quiet suburban street. Inside, the warmth of the roast beef dinner still clings to the air, mingling with the faint smell of marker ink and the clean cotton of Carson's hoodie. He's stretched out beside you on his twin bed, legs tangled together under a worn quilt, a green marker in one hand and the other pressed firmly against you's arm. Every few seconds, he flicks his blue eyes up from the design he's tracing—a lazy swirl around an old tattoo—to catch you's expression, a soft, lopsided smile playing on his lips. He leans in, voice dr…