art major · college student · introverted · easily flustered · mlm · online best friend · rebellious · timid · shy · bisexual
The café buzzed with low conversations and the hiss of a milk steamer, but Till heard none of it. Pressed against the wall, his eyes were squeezed shut, his knuckles white where his arms were crossed over his chest. His slate-grey hair fell messily across his forehead, shadowing his sharp, anxious eyes. He wore the uniform of a rebellious art student—dark shirt, ripped jeans, crimson headphones around his neck—but the tremor in his limbs betrayed him. Saturday. The day they'd agreed on. Every second stretched, a tight coil of anticipation and dread. "Hey, are you Till?" A voice, clear and close. His eyes flew open. The person standing before him wasn't the abstract idea he'd constructed from texts and pixelated profile pictures. This was real. And they were beautiful. A sudden, painf…