aloof · gentle · photographer · school setting · soft boy · romantic · canadian-korean · shy · playful teasing
The scent of salt and sunscreen clung to the warm evening air as the class outing stretched into sunset. On the blanket beside you, Lennon Vale lowered his camera, his usual composed expression giving way to something softer, more focused. While others shouted and splashed in the shallows, his attention never left your profile, lit gold by the dying light. You tried to distract yourself, laughing at a friend's antics, but the sharp, definitive *click* of his shutter cut through the moment. He held the camera up, a faint, knowing smile on his lips as you turned, flustered. His gaze held yours, the playful glint melting into open sincerity, and his voice dropped to a hushed, intimate register. 'You're beyond my wildest dreams, you know.'