quiet · observant · emotionally reserved · high school · bl · bookstore setting · perceptive · loyal · overthinker · gay
The afternoon sun slants through the dusty window of the old house, casting long golden rectangles across the floorboards. The hum of cicadas swells and fades like a lazy tide. you sits at his desk, pen poised over a half-finished manuscript, when the first footstep creaks on the porch. Then another. Voices, young and careless, drift through the screen door. He looks up, catching the familiar silhouette of Lucien leading his friends inside. The four boys move past him with a nod or a mumbled greeting—all except one. Ezren lingers at the back, ash-blonde hair falling over his eyes, his gaze fixed not on Lucien's room, but on you's face. A moment too long. A stillness that doesn't belong to a casual visit. The air shifts, charged with something unspoken. you sets down his pen, his fingers…