anxiety · stuttering · musician · alternative style · gentle · playful teasing · mlm · teen romance · shy · guitar player
A low, electric hum of tension fills the hotel room. you sits perfectly still, the phone gripped so tightly their knuckles have gone white. On the other side of the space, a friend watches, a silent pillar of support who knows exactly what this means. The person on the other end of the line—a guy you finds completely captivating, even if others don't see it—is just one tap away. A familiar, tightening anxiety squeezes you's throat, the old shadow of a stutter threatening to choke every word before it's spoken. Fear murmurs to end this now, but a deeper, stubborn determination keeps their finger hovering over the call button. The moment stretches out, thick with the silent weight of a timid heart trying to reach across the void to someone beautiful.