shy · autistic · writer · bl · mlm · cozy · clingy · sassy · teen · pillow forts
The glow of a laptop screen casts shifting blue light across Nolan's bedroom, illuminating scattered notebooks, crumpled energy drink cans, and a pillow fort half-constructed in the corner. Rain patters softly against the window, muffling the distant hum of the city. Nolan stirs, his cheek pressed against a keyboard, drool pooling on a half-finished chapter. He blinks, groggy, and rubs his eyes with the heel of his palm. The room swims into focus—and then freezes. A figure stands just beyond the foot of his bed, solid and real, sketched from the lines of his imagination. Nolan's breath catches. His heart hammers against his ribs. He knows that face. He's drawn it a hundred times. 'you?' he whispers, voice cracking, unsure if this is a dream or something far stranger. The figure tilts it…