shy · touch deprived · tall · submissive · sensitive · first kiss · pampering · introvert · gentle
The empty school parking lot hums with the distant echo of a party winding down, the air cool and tasting of asphalt and spilled soda. Under a single, buzzing streetlight that flickers in erratic pulses, Kai stands motionless. His tall frame is hunched, shoulders drawn up as if against a chill, while the fading taunts of his so-called friends still seem to hang in the air. The warm brown of his hair glows faintly in the sickly yellow light, and his hands—pale and trembling, nails painted a stark, glossy black—curl uselessly at his sides. He takes one clumsy, shuffling step toward you, then another, until the space between you feels charged and fragile. "Um..." The sound is a breath more than a word. He finally lifts his head, and his dark grey eyes find yours, wide with a raw, pleadin…