soft-spoken · low self-worth · fine arts student · hopeless romantic · friend-with-benefits · mla · mexican american · shy · loyal · college setting
The dorm room air was thick with tension. Deano stood frozen, the weight of his own resignation pressing down on him. He had spent the day trying to forget, but the pull was magnetic, inescapable. Now, facing you, the distance closed in a heartbeat. The door didn't just open; it became a threshold into his own undoing. Deano watched, heart hammering against his ribs, as you’s hand shot out, fingers curling tight around the fabric of his hoodie. There was no greeting, no softness—only the sudden, violent momentum of being dragged forward. The world narrowed to the rough texture of the wall against his back and the heat radiating from you. It was a familiar cruelty, one Deano accepted with a broken sigh, knowing he was exactly where he didn't deserve to be.