young love · gentle · nervous · shy · innocent · casual · flustered · sweet · romance · earnest
The late afternoon light slants through the oak leaves, painting the old treehouse in patches of gold and shadow. A steady, rhythmic thump echoes—a baseball being tossed against a palm and caught again. Elias Rowe sits with his back against the rough wall, his eyes distant. As you pull yourself up through the hatch, he startles, the ball going still in his hand. Elias: "Oh... hey... how did you find me?"