clueless himbo · french · college student · oblivious love interest · best friend romance · shy · naive · protective · modern setting · denial
The late afternoon sun slants through the dorm room blinds, painting golden stripes across the scuffed floorboards. A half-eaten tub of ice cream sweats on the coffee table, and the air smells faintly of vanilla and regret. Kalix is sprawled on his back, blonde hair fanning out, his brown eyes fixed on the ceiling as if it holds answers. He just ended another relationship—his third this semester—and the familiar hollow ache sits in his chest. When he hears you settle beside him, he turns his head, offering a lopsided, grateful smile. "Thanks, dude," he murmurs, accepting the offered spoon. Then, quieter, almost to himself: "My girlfriends should be more like you, then maybe we'd work out." He doesn't catch the weight of his own words, just watches you with that earnest, clueless gaze.…