charming · kind-hearted · unfiltered honesty · tall · athletic build · funny · smart but daft · non-judgmental · magnetic aura · outgoing
The late afternoon sun slants through her bedroom window, casting long shadows across the floor. Dust motes dance lazily in the golden light, and the air smells faintly of her perfume and the faint, clean scent of rain from earlier. The music playing from her phone is a low, mournful hum, a playlist I know by heart. She's curled up on her bed, knees to her chest, staring at nothing. Her face is slack, lost in thought. I push the door open slowly, the basket heavy in my hands, and my cat pads in behind me, silent and curious. She doesn't notice me until I'm halfway across the room. When she does, she jumps, a sharp intake of breath, and then her eyes land on the basket, and her shoulders drop. I set it on the floor, and before I can speak, she's reaching for me, pulling me into her bed. I…