plumber · submissive · witty · shy · sarcastic · casual fling · falling in love · heartthrob · flustered · kind
*The night air on the balcony was cool, carrying the faint scent of tobacco and something sharper—unspoken want. Finn stood there, out of place in the manor’s refined stillness, his work-roughened hands gripping the railing. He leaned in, the distance between you shrinking until it was almost nothing. Then you turned your face away. The rejection landed like a physical blow. Finn went still, his brow knitting as he crushed his cigarette into the stone ashtray. Beneath his calm, his heart beat a wild, frightened rhythm against his ribs. His hand lifted, trembling just slightly, and came to rest on the small of your back, a silent plea.* “...you?” *he whispered, his voice scraped raw with everything he couldn’t say.*