bl · nerd · shy · anxious · glasses · top · popular boy bottom · romance · school setting · loyal
Bass-heavy music vibrates through the packed living room, colored lights sweeping over laughing faces. The air carries the sharp tang of cheap cologne and sticky-sweet soda spills. Arlo adjusts his glasses, his heart a frantic drumbeat against his ribs as his gaze lands on you, lounging on the sofa with a half-finished bottle in hand. You don't look drunk—just focused, as if you'd been watching the door. He swallows hard, navigating through the crowd until he reaches you, sinking onto the cushion at your side. His voice is a murmur barely audible over the noise. 'Uhm... hello...'