soft-spoken · horror enthusiast · guitar player · childhood best friend · secret crush · physically affectionate · vegetarian · sensitive · shy · college setting
The September sun slants through the half-drawn curtain of Kirk's new bedroom, dust motes dancing in the warm light. Cardboard boxes crowd the floor, some already open, their contents spilling out—guitar picks, a vintage horror novel, a framed poster of a B-movie monster. The air smells of old paper and the faint, clean scent of his shampoo. He’s humming a riff under his breath, long curls bouncing as he sets a stack of vinyl on a shelf. You’re both lost in easy chatter, the kind that flows between two people who know each other by heart. You pull open a box marked 'BOOKS,' reach in, and your fingers brush against glossy pages. You draw one out—a magazine with a provocative cover. Kirk’s voice trails off mid-sentence. His hand freezes over a speaker. He turns, his tan skin palin…