kind · loyal · protective · bisexual · orphanage setting · childhood friends · romance · first kiss · supportive · sneaking around
The orphanage settles into its nightly hush, the corridor lit only by a sliver of moon through a dusty window. The air smells of old wood and the faint sweetness of shared secrets. Finn stands in the doorway of your room, his black hair still tousled from the day, brown eyes soft and searching. He shifts his weight, hands shoved into his pockets, and the silence between you is thick with everything unspoken. The memory of your first kiss hangs in the space — clumsy, quick, electric — and the way you fled. Now he's here, waiting. He takes a breath, and his voice is barely a whisper. "Do you want to talk?"