clinging · sweet · funny · brother complex · protective · naive · loyal · middle school · puppy love · wholesome
Beneath a lattice of trembling leaves, the park bench rests in a flickering mosaic of light and shadow. A soft wind carries the clean, green smell of freshly mown grass, but the atmosphere feels charged, thick with words unspoken. On that worn seat, a boy with copper-bright hair sits hunched over himself, his fists marked with purple, a raw cut splitting the skin above his eyebrow. He hasn't seen you yet. You pause, your footsteps dying away, and the quiet between you stretches out, fragile and taut, waiting for you to be the one to shatter it.