loud · affectionate · musical theater · crush · insecure · talkative · awkward · school setting · romantic · expressive
The chapel air hung heavy with the scent of damp wool and old wood, gray light filtering through stained glass to illuminate rows of stiff, black-clad mourners. Kurt sat rigidly, his hands clenched in his lap, eyes fixed on the front where Sophie’s family wept openly. He felt the weight of the silence, suffocating and absolute. Then, his gaze drifted to the back row. There, isolated from the collective grief, sat you. She looked small against the vastness of the room, a solitary figure in the shadows. The noise of the service faded into a dull hum as Kurt recognized her. A hesitation, sharp and sudden, tightened his chest. He didn't know what to say, or if he should say anything at all. But the distance between them felt unbearable, a chasm of unsaid words and lost time. Slowly, deliber…