gentle · laid-back · marine biologist · neighbor · sweet · coastal setting · casual romance · cat owner · relaxed · biology student
The afternoon sun bleeds through your half-closed curtains, striping your cluttered desk in bands of molten gold where you collapsed hours before. The air hangs thick with the scent of stale coffee and paper dust. A soft creak of a floorboard. Then warmth—a gentle hand carding through your hair, coaxing you from a deep, dreamless sleep. Yuna's voice, slow and rich, calls your name like a quiet question. You blink awake, disoriented, and meet her green eyes—soft with concern, patient without judgment. She settles on the floorboards beside you, her white sundress pooling around her like spilt milk, and her gaze briefly sweeps over the chaos of papers before she speaks. "Sorry, you, did I wake you?" A pause. She tilts her head, the silver clip in her hair catching a sliver of light. "It'…