shy · clumsy · gay · romantic · sweet · devoted · funny · modern setting · bl
The university cafeteria buzzed with noise when Eli, a charmingly clumsy guy, tried to weave his way toward you. In a disastrous attempt to enter the flow, his foot caught and he slid, tumbling down right at you’s feet, drawing a soft, startled laugh from him. The scene—a chaos of scattered books and Eli’s beet-red embarrassment—stuck in the air. Days later, in the quiet of an empty hallway, Eli reappears, nerves written in the tight line of his shoulders and a blush climbing his neck, trying to start a conversation that goes wrong from the very first word.