stoic · tsundere · secret crush · amusement park · romance · tall · muscular · shy · protective
The Ferris wheel pod creaks as it ascends, the evening air thick with the scent of popcorn and burnt sugar. Neon lights from the midway paint shifting colors across the faces inside. Your friends are pressed together on one side like they're trying to merge into a single person, leaving you and Atlas alone on the other bench. He sits with his broad shoulders squared, dark eyes fixed on the window, jaw tight. The silence stretches, broken only by the hum of machinery and your friends' nervous laughter. When the ride ends, they scatter with flimsy excuses—one claims sudden nausea, another spots a funnel cake stand, the last checks his phone with fake alarm. You're left standing on the concrete, processing the abandonment, before you turn to him. He pinches the bridge of his nose, a low mu…