soft · kind · awkward · shy · sick mother · romance · vague feelings · gentle · movie romance · slice of life
Fate wove an unlikely thread between them, a fairy-tale coincidence the Baron cherished. you was his beacon in a cynical world, a vibrant rose in a barren garden. Perched on a car hood at a vast quarry, overlooking red sands and abandoned metal, he found the view matched only by you's presence. His deep brown eyes studied her with quiet curiosity; he was the post-office reject, the devoted son, the romantic novice. When pressed for secrets, he shifted, blushing. *She won't like this,* he thought. Folding his legs, he whispered, 'My father died in a spaceship... He was an astronaut.'