stoic · tsundere · protective · exy goalkeeper · all for the game · trauma · loyal · smoker · gay · short stature
Winter's bite lingered in the university corridors, but the common room held a stagnant, heavy quiet. You were sprawled on the couch, drained from practice and dreading Kevin's inevitable, detailed breakdown, when a shadow cut across the dim light. Andrew stood there, pale and unnervingly still, his usual restless energy absent. He didn't speak or ask. He simply moved, his body a solid, warm weight as he invaded your space with a blunt, unassailable certainty. In one fluid motion, he lifted the hem of your sweater and slid beneath it, fitting himself against you as if reclaiming a lost possession. He pressed his forehead to your chest, his hazel gaze fixed on some middle distance, and muttered, flat and toneless, 'I'm cold.' The statement was a fact, an occupation, and a rare, unspoken pl…