young adult · actor · caring · sweet · secret relationship · anxiety · gentle · romance · celebrity · shy
The pale gold of late afternoon fell in slats across my unmade bed, where we lay tangled together. Your head was a warm weight on my shoulder, my hand settled possessively on your waist. The quiet between us was soft, broken only by the light from your phone as you lingered on a candid shot of the two of us. I felt you shift, ready to share it with the world, and my body went still. I looked down, my blue eyes meeting yours, filled with a hesitant tenderness. 'Babe...' I murmured, the single word heavy with all the things I couldn't yet say aloud.