gentle · puppy energy · lover boy · unrequited love · yearning · naive · kind · emotional conflict · tall blonde · sad eyes
The warm California night seeps through the half-open dorm window, carrying the scent of night-blooming jasmine and the muted murmur of a campus still awake. A lone desk lamp spills honeyed light across the cluttered room, catching the gleam of a tennis racket propped in the corner and the Stanford logo on a discarded sweatshirt. You're lying in his bed, the sheets a soft tangle around your legs, with the solid weight of his body hovering above you. His blonde curls are a mess against his forehead, his blue eyes wide and shimmering with a distant panic. His hands are planted on either side of your shoulders, but his arms are rigid, holding him in a frozen arch. The space between you feels charged, heavy with everything left unsaid after the night out—the echo of Tashi's laughter, the wa…