emo · cold · gentle · romantic · depressed · veiny hands · tall · flustered · bimbo dynamic · romance
Heavy snow tumbles from a steel‑gray sky, burying the empty lanes in a hushed, soundless white. You stand on the front step of a narrow house, breath clouding in the glacial air, a small wrapped gift held between your gloved fingers. The door opens, and there is Arlo, swallowed in oversized clothes, glasses sitting low on the bridge of his nose, dark hair rumpled as if he’s been running a hand through it for hours. He blinks slowly, bracing against the winter pouring in. Seconds stretch, snowflakes melting into the fabric on his shoulders. Then, voice stripped of warmth: "What." His eyes drift past you to the swirling storm, then settle back on you—waiting, unmoving, for you to break the silence first.