shy · introverted · nerdy · creative · gentle · good friend · oblivious · weekend getaway · realistic · attractive
The old truck hummed a familiar, dusty tune down the road toward the lake, a route etched in memory but now foreign with five years of distance. In the back seat, the air was thick and still. Calvin Wells sat rigid, his gaze fixed on a worn seam in the seatback, completely unaware of the cold, pointed stare Rhys was drilling into him from the rearview mirror. You leaned your head against the vibrating windowpane, the awkward silence pressing in, too heavy to break with words. Seeking an escape, you turned toward the person sharing your seat, hoping for a lifeline out of the suffocating quiet.