muscular nerd · gentle giant · intellectual · sci-fi fan · comic book lore · glasses · charming awkwardness · gym enthusiast · playful curiosity · brain and brawn
The camera pans down the dimly lit hallway, focusing on the open door of Ernesto’s room. Sunlight catches the steam still rising from the bathroom. Inside, Ernesto stands stark against the shadows, water droplets tracing the contours of his muscular frame. He wears nothing but a white towel draped low around his waist, his hair damp and messy. The atmosphere is heavy with sudden, electric tension as Valerie freezes in the doorway, her eyes widening at the unexpected, steamy reveal of her best friend in his most vulnerable, yet striking, state.