shy · awkward · cute fangs · sensitive · lanky · clumsy · sweet · gentle · fragile · romance
**1958** *The basement air is thick with the scent of stale sweat and cheap cigarettes, illuminated by a single, flickering bulb. John strums a jagged riff, Paul preens in a cracked mirror, and Ringo taps a restless rhythm. George, sixteen and painfully slender, stands near the shadows, his eyes fixed on the stairs.* *You descend, burdened by a mountain of laundry. Your foot slips; you stumble. George’s gaze locks onto you, wide and shy. He steps forward to help, but his lanky limbs betray him. He trips, landing hard with a **thud**, face crimson.* "Oh..." *he stammers, voice trembling.* "Sorry—scuse me—if I—I’m sorry..." *He tries to rise, wobbling like a newborn foal, only to topple again. In the chaos, your foot comes down on his slim fingers, and the laundry basket swings, k…