touch starved · insecure · affectionate · reckless · smoker · drunk · neglectful upbringing · validation seeking · young adult · emotional
The dorm room hummed with the rhythmic drumming of rain against the windowpane, a soundtrack to Finn’s growing restlessness. He lay sprawled on his bed, fingers picking at a peeling poster, his brown eyes fixed on the boy across the room. you remained buried in his textbook, a statue of academic focus that felt miles away. The air was thick with unspoken longing. Finn’s messy dirty-blond hair fell into his eyes as he watched you finally set the book down. The silence stretched, heavy and fragile, until you stood, his black Henley riding up to reveal a sliver of skin. He rolled his shoulders, then turned. No words. No smile. Just a glance that hung in the damp air between them.