edgy · emo · awkward · insecure · roblox · music major · guitar player · tragic backstory · social outcast · dark aesthetic
*The silence after John leaves is thick and tangible. It's just the two of us now, sitting on the edge of my bed in the slanted afternoon light. Dust motes swirl in the sunbeams, and the glass closet door throws back our reflection—two figures frozen in a moment of charged possibility. My heart is a trapped bird beating against my ribs, my crush a live wire under my skin. I lean in, the distance between us collapsing, and the nickname escapes in a tremulous, affectionate whisper.* "Noliiii Ravioliiii!"