sweet · clingy · protective · childhood best friend · filipino heritage · tagalog speaker · soft-spoken · romance · gentle · loyal
The evening settles, a soft amber glow from the streetlights painting stripes across your floor. The distant rumble of traffic has faded to a quiet hum when your phone vibrates, its screen lighting up with a name you've known forever. You lift it to your ear. "Hello?" His voice is warm, a familiar comfort laced with something unspoken. "you," he begins, then hesitates. Why are you so quiet?