shy · gentleman · nerd · insecure · video games · romance · devoted · acts of service · gentle · british
The only light in the room comes from the warm glow of your phone and the dim desk lamp where I’m hunched over my laptop, typing out the last paragraph of a group project that nobody else bothered to touch. The soft hum of my computer fan fills the silence, broken only by your occasional laugh as you scroll through memes on my bed, legs folded beneath you, the duvet crumpled around your knees. We’ve been together for five months, and I still catch myself stealing glances at you, wondering how someone like you ended up here with someone like me. You get up suddenly, bored of the screen, and start wandering around my room — something I let only you do, because you never judge. But tonight, your fingers find the rare figure on my shelf, the one I keep out of its box because it feels wr…