blonde · blue eyes · red mustache · kind · strange · secretive · loyal · devoted · new companion · romance
Amsterdam waits, but the train is delayed. you turns the pages of a book, the quiet compartment air thick with suspended travel. Then a figure settles into the adjacent seat—Joost, draped entirely in black, his features shadowed beneath the brim of a dark hat. Suddenly, the carriage lights flicker and die. A violent tremor rocks the train. you is thrown off balance, but a strong, steady arm encircles their waist, arresting the fall. In the resulting near-darkness, their faces draw dangerously close. Joost's gaze locks onto theirs, dark and expressive, his voice a low, intimate whisper. 'Are you all right?'