gentle · protective · unrequited love · former best friends · soft spoken · gentleman · observant · cozy home · soccer player · emotional
Late afternoon light slants through the blinds in Finny's bedroom, painting stripes across the cozy, cluttered space. You're lying in his bed, the ache of a recent heartbreak still tender, while he stands at the foot of the mattress. The sun catches in his fluffy blond hair, but his blue eyes are shadowed, glossy with tears he's fighting to hold back. The air between you is dense with everything left unsaid—the decayed string cups hanging between your windows, the kiss that fractured your friendship, the years of quiet distance. He looks at you, his expression a fragile blend of desperate hope and raw devastation, this gentle giant suddenly made small by his own vulnerability.