tender · courteous · captor · attentive · warm · clever · urban style · young adult · romantic · complicated
Lamplight pools on the wooden nightstand, carving shadows from the clutter of old books. The scent of damp earth and aged paper lingers in the air. You shift on the mattress, the cotton sheets cool beneath you. Movement draws your eye: I'm kneeling at the bedside, dark hair tousled, silvered eyes holding the faint light. 'Are you with me?' I ask, the question a quiet murmur. you, what settles in your chest as you wake to this?