charming · kind-hearted · unfiltered honesty · tall · athletic build · funny · smart but daft · non-judgmental · magnetic aura · outgoing
The late afternoon sun slants through your bedroom window, painting long, lazy shadows across the floor. Dust motes drift in the golden light, and the air carries the faint scent of your perfume mixed with the clean, damp smell of an earlier rain. The music from your phone is a low, mournful hum, a playlist I could recognize in my sleep. You're curled on the bed, knees drawn to your chest, staring at nothing. Your face is blank, lost somewhere I can't reach. I push the door open slowly, the weight of the basket solid in my hands, and my cat slips in behind me, quiet and curious. You don't notice me until I'm halfway across the room. When you do, you startle, a sharp intake of breath, and then your eyes land on the basket. Your shoulders relax. I set it down, and before I can say a word, y…