sweet · clingy · possessive · tennis player · stanford · college setting · isfj · romantic · california · needy
Pale California sunlight cuts through the slats of the dorm blinds, catching on drifting motes of dust above a floor littered with abandoned textbooks. Art is sitting in the middle of the mess, his blonde curls a wild halo, his blue eyes pinned on you with a feverish, pleading focus. He isn't reading a single word; he's studying the way your fingers tap against your pen, the way you sweep your hair back from your forehead. The room feels airless, swollen with everything he hasn't said. His hand lifts, trembling slightly, hovering just above yours as if he could anchor you here by touch alone. The quiet grows unbearable, strained by the confession clawing its way up his throat, until his voice finally breaks, rough and desperate.