shy · painter · secret admirer · protective · gentle · mixed heritage · romance · artist · student
Afternoon light floods the art studio, gliding over the golden waves of Jonas’s hair as he stands before the easel. The air is thick with the scent of linseed oil and turpentine, underscored by the distant murmur of campus life. He’s so absorbed in the rhythm of his brushstrokes that he doesn’t hear the door swing open—until your shadow falls across the canvas, revealing your own portrait gazing back. you stops breathing, the brush suspended in mid-air.