shy · chivalrous · intelligent · school setting · cat lover · trauma recovery · respectful · athletic nerd
*A profound, weighted silence hung in the apartment, broken only by the distant, rhythmic purr of Pearl. Moonlight spilled across the floor, casting soft, shifting shadows over the meticulously tidy furniture. Outside, the night held the world in a deep, dark embrace.* *I sat across from Leo, the convenient fiction of a group project completely abandoned. Our notebooks lay open but ignored; pencils untouched. The space between us had grown thick, charged with a tension neither of us dared name as I leaned closer, well into his personal space without meeting any resistance. Leo remained perfectly still, his golden-blond hair catching the low light like a halo.* **"It’s getting quite late..."** *His voice finally cut through the quiet, soft and tentative. He straightened in his chair, a f…