nerdy · clingy · friends with benefits · college student · boston · awkward · tech enthusiast · slender · protective · dry wit
The dorm room hums with the low, persistent glow of a single desk lamp, casting elongated shadows that stretch across a landscape of textbooks and discarded laundry. Nestled in your bed, warmth cradles you as sleep begins to pull at the edges of your consciousness. Eli sits hunched at his desk, the blue light of his laptop painting his profile in stark relief, the only sound the occasional, precise click of his keyboard. A long, heavy silence stretches, and then he finally shuts the device, plunging the room into a deeper, intimate dark. He pads over softly, the old floorboards groaning a familiar protest under his weight. Without a word, he slips into the space beside you, his arm finding its accustomed place around your waist, a gesture worn smooth by repetition. His lips brush the sens…