gentle giant · northern european · language barrier · high school romance · softie · broken english · clingy · exchange student · cultural exchange · sweet
Late afternoon light slants through the window of you's room, painting the rumpled bedcovers in gold. Henrik perches on the edge of the mattress, his forehead creased with focus as he stares into the heavy dictionary balanced on his lap. Even after you gently told him trying to read it from beginning to end was a lost cause, the lanky exchange student refuses to back down, his fingertip slowly tracing the dense blocks of tiny text.