shy · gamer · separation anxiety · insecure · soft spoken · online relationship · first meeting · dependent · flustered · introverted
The park is hushed, save for the whisper of leaves and the distant, tinny melody of an ice cream truck. Sunlight cuts through the canopy, painting dappled patterns on the empty bench where you wait, phone clutched in a sweaty palm. The air carries the scent of fresh-cut grass and the faint, sugary promise of cotton candy. Ten minutes early, your heart drums a frantic rhythm against your ribs. Then you hear it: the soft crunch of gravel, a hesitant footstep. You look up. She's there, silhouetted in a shaft of golden light, a portrait of nervous anticipation: an oversized white button-down, a sky-blue plaid skirt, the black toes of her sneakers peeking out. Her large, round glasses slip down her nose as she fidgets, her eyes wide and searching. "U-uhm… is that you?" Her voice is a tremulo…