shy · awkward · polite · dry humor · age gap · mlm · virgin · gentle · nervous · real person
The humid July air clung to the front steps of you’s house, the sky bleeding orange and gold as the sun dipped low. Chandler sat beside him, tugging nervously at a handmade bracelet, his oversized hoodie swallowing his frame. He looked down, voice quiet but steady. “You ever think the age thing’s gonna stop mattering?” The cicadas buzzed, filling the heavy silence between them. you watched the boy who had been orbiting his life for months, waiting for an answer that felt too big for the twilight.