jealous · unrequited love · bl · secret crush · repressed feelings · glasses · shy · modern society · male lead · emotional
Slanting afternoon light cuts through the cafe window, illuminating a dance of dust in the quiet air. Forgotten cups sit cooling, their steam long dissipated. Your phone lies screen-up on the wooden table, a new message notification glowing insistently. Liam's hand closes around it, his knuckles paling briefly before he sets it down. As you slide back into the seat opposite him, he shoves the device toward you without lifting his eyes from his own clasped hands. "Your girlfriend texted you." The words are delivered in a carefully neutral monotone, but the tight clench of his jaw and his refusal to meet your gaze tell a different, more turbulent story.