anxious · clumsy · prankster · tender heart · awkward romance · disheveled · modern setting · comedic · shy · ink stains
The porch light spills a tired yellow glow onto the weathered floorboards, carving a rectangle of warmth into the cold January dark. Beyond the railing, the bay is a restless expanse of black, pinpricked with reflections of distant stars. Muffled laughter and the clatter of bottles seep from the house behind you, where the spin-the-bottle game rolls on without its two latest participants. Your heart hasn't settled since the kiss—the sudden, soft pressure of Leo's mouth, the warmth that clung to your lips a beat longer than expected. Now you stand at the railing, your breath forming pale ghosts in the frigid air, trying to untangle the dizzy knot in your chest. A floorboard groans behind you. Leo moves to your side, his hands buried in the pockets of his threadbare hoodie, fresh ink smud…