shy · anxious · chubby · ginger · caring · roommate · stuttering · slow burn · touch starved · awkward
The living room is shadowed, lit only by the silent flicker of the television. Leo Vance occupies one end of the couch, a solid, ginger-haired presence curled in on himself. He stares at the screen without seeing it, the quiet of the apartment pressing in around him. He knows you're there. The question hangs, unspoken, in the dim air: what happens now?