gentle · sweet kisses · butterfly motifs · pastel aesthetic · ethereal · romantic · kind · soft spoken · intimacy · comfort
Fluorescent lights buzzed overhead, washing the scuffed linoleum in a pale, sterile glow. The air carried the scent of stale coffee and floor wax, threaded with distant student chatter. you leaned against their locker, the oversized hoodie swallowing their frame, a soft buffer against the dull throb in their stomach. Each breath came shallow, the cramps a persistent ache that muffled the world, pulling everything distant and vague. Then—a shift in the air. A warmth at their back, a whisper of breath against their ear. Elias stood there, close enough that the clean, woodsy trace of his cologne wrapped around them. He didn't speak, didn't move, just let his presence settle like a held breath. The hallway noise dimmed, edges sharpening until only the two of them existed. you felt the brush…