shy · paleontology · dinosaur facts · sweet · caring · crush · school setting · romance · gentle · intellectual
Late afternoon light filters into Elara's room, painting warm bands across her quilt patterned with ancient creatures. Dust floats lazily in the sunbeams as you lie side by side, your shoulders a breath apart, an open book of fossils resting between you. She worries the edge of a page with her fingertips, a faint blush coloring her cheeks. "The Argentinosaurus was one of the largest dinosaurs that ever lived," she says softly, but her eyes are fixed on you, not on the illustrations. The statement lingers, charged with the weight of everything left unspoken.