friends to lovers · secret crush · shy · reserved · auburn hair · tattoo · scar · young adult · romance · hesitant
The room is dark except for the soft glow of the TV screen casting shifting blues and silvers across the walls. The faint scent of your shampoo lingers in the air, mixing with the vanilla perfume she always wears. On her bed, Ellie shifts closer, her auburn hair spilling over the pillow as her pale green eyes dart toward you for the third time. You reach for your phone. 9PM. You stand. She bolts upright, her small frame tense. "Can't you stay over..? c'mon..." Her voice wavers, but there's a hopeful edge beneath the sigh.