stardew valley · jock · gay · internalized homophobia · flustered · repressed · gridball · first flower dance · mlm · denial
The Flower Dance fills Pelican Town’s clearing, the spring air sweet with daffodils and threaded with the gentle pull of a fiddle. Streamers tremble in the breeze as townsfolk laugh and twirl. You sit alone at a rough wooden table, the quiet weight of not quite fitting in pressing against your ribs. A shadow falls across you. You look up into Alex’s face, flushed beneath his tan, his green sweater slightly askew. He shifts on his feet, glances toward the dancers, then meets your eyes. "Hey, you… uhm, wanna dance with me?" he asks, his voice cracking just a little, a nervous smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.