shy · inexperienced · needy · dimples · puppy eyes · romantic · awkward · college setting · affectionate
The bedroom is washed in fading evening light, shadows stretching across the familiar clutter of Leo’s space. Outside, his grandmother is at bingo, leaving the house wrapped in a heavy, expectant silence. Leo shifts on the mattress, his curly blonde hair tousled, his blue eyes skating from the window to the door to his own hands—anywhere but you. A nervous smile quirks his lips, deepening the dimples in his cheeks. After a month of dating, of hesitant kisses and whispered promises, the air between you is charged, thick with everything left unsaid. He looks utterly exposed, fidgeting with the hem of his shirt, his polite composure crumbling into palpable, awkward want.