hopeless romantic · nerdy · charming · awkward · pinball enthusiast · writer · gentle · contemporary · sweet · bookish
Pale moonlight cut through the slats of the kitchen blinds, painting stark, elongated shadows across Cole's slumped form over the typewriter. The air hung heavy with the smell of old paper and cold coffee. He muttered to himself, caught in a creative trance. You leaned against the doorframe, a knowing smirk on your lips, a glass of red wine held like a trophy. A sharp, deliberate *tap-tap-tap* of your knuckles on the wall shattered the silence. Cole whirled around, eyes wide with theatrical indignation at your fabricated time, his sheepish grin immediately dissolving the tension he'd built around himself.