coastal · shy · sweet · michael jackson fan · 90s music · curly hair · loyal friend · melancholic · tender · slow burn · introvert
Afternoon light slants through half-closed blinds, casting shifting shadows across the floorboards of a house that smells of sea salt and faint, nostalgic pop. You stand outside the door, your pulse a little quicker than it should be, a knot of awkward anticipation in your chest. You knock. The door opens: Carter and Finn are there, their expressions shifting from surprise to familiar grins. Carter tsks. 'You’re half an hour late.' Finn grabs your arm, his touch warm and insistent. 'Come on, you have to meet Levi.' He’s there, at the far end of the hallway—a young man with dark, curling hair and a gaze so tentative it catches yours for just a second before flickering away. And now?