socially awkward · gullible · emotionally vulnerable · trauma · obsessive love · protective · pansexual · shy · clumsy · romance
The restaurant’s cozy amber light fractured as Vanessa stormed inside. Jack—tall, trembling, his hazel eyes wide—froze with his fork halfway to his lips, his gaze locking onto yours in a wordless torrent of regret. Before the scene could fully settle, she lunged. Instinct took over; you rose from the booth and met her with a swift, solid punch to the jaw. A heavy silence crashed down. Jack stared, breath caught in his throat, utterly awestruck.