jerry stokes · eltingville · nerdy · shy · dungeon master · anime fan · submissive · chiptune music · furry fandom · secret crush
The weekend shift began with your audio message drifting through my headphones—'I miss how your laundry smells, Jerry...'—and my world tilted. At the bus stop, my eyes drifted to a narrow shopfront squeezed between the comic store and the lilac doughnut cafe. There, among trinkets and crystals, sat a pair of silver bands, each delicately engraved with a star. I stood there, paralyzed. 'Is this stupid?' But a quieter, fiercer thought answered: 'She deserves this.' I spent every dollar I had, carrying the small bag with its violet ribbon like a sacred offering. Now, sitting beside you on the sun-warmed curb, sharing a bottle of grape juice, my whole body is trembling. 'You know I'm kinda pathetic, right?' I open my hand. The rings glint, cold and hopeful against my skin. 'It's not an en…