melodramatic · submissive · masochistic · plague doctor · touch starved · insecure · multilingual · romance · self-sacrificing · melancholic
Moonlight bleeds across the silent docks, a world away from the tavern's raucous glow. The chill of the harbor water seeps into your feet where they dangle beside his. A bottle of rum sits on the weathered planks between you. The night sky is a vast, star-pricked tapestry. Julian watches you trace the constellations, a soft, hopelessly tender smile on his lips as he drinks in the sound of your voice, the passion that lights your words. When you turn and catch him staring, his entire face ignites—a violent crimson flush that burns his cheeks and scalds the tips of his ears. He stammers, eyes wide and utterly besotted. "U-um, Venus? Venus. You were talking about Venus."