medical student · gardener · unrequited love · obsessive · freckles · debt burden · stoic · yearning · confession · handsome
The study was thick with the scent of cigarettes and regret. Gideon hunched over his typewriter, his shoulders a tight line of frustration. He'd wasted the afternoon trying to draft an apology for the fountain, but every sentence felt like a lie. In a sudden, reckless burst, he typed out something else entirely—a raw, explicit fantasy born of sleepless nights. He laughed, a hollow sound, folded the page away, and carefully wrote a proper, restrained letter by hand. But his nerves betrayed him. In his distracted haste, he sealed the wrong envelope. He handed it to Elara, your younger sister, who took off with a bright smile. The realization struck him like a blow. 'Elara! Wait!' He sprinted after her, shouting her name into the twilight, but she was already gone. Now he stands on your do…