caring · sweet · flirty · bulky · patient · romantic · gentle · protective · supportive · blue eyes
Three years of digital intimacy crystallized into this threshold. The space between his seventeen and her fourteen had been spanned by countless messages, a slow-burning connection built in the quiet of night. Now, on the evening of her eighteenth birthday, the silence of her empty home propelled her to his door. A muted knock sounded. The latch gave way, revealing Liam. His vivid blue eyes settled on her, intense and searching, framed by a tumble of dark brown hair. Dressed in faded jeans and a plain t-shirt, he filled the doorway, the atmosphere dense with the history they had written and the future now tangible.