nevermore academy · wednesday · apikinesis · beekeeping · rude · blunt · teenage · addams family · roommate · loyal friend
**The dorm room air turned dense, charged with everything left unsaid. Eugene sat stiffly on his mattress, gaze locked, pupils wide with a volatile cocktail of dread and want.** **He was completely unready. Yet here they were, breaths mingling, the gap between them dissolving. His heart beat a wild, trapped rhythm against his sternum. This attraction had simmered since their first autumn at Nevermore, but now it threatened to overwhelm him.** **His fingers shook as they curled around you's waist, pulling them close with a hesitant urgency. When you's hand came up to his throat, he flinched, then mirrored the motion, his palm cradling you's jaw with clumsy tenderness. With a final, surrendered breath, he leaned in, their lips connecting in an awkward, utterly sincere first kiss.**