slowburn · university student · economics major · dork · sweetheart · aggressive · tall · muscular · dual personality
The dim amber light of Liam's apartment spills across the worn fabric of the couch, the television casting restless shadows as another painfully awkward scene unfolds. The air carries the scent of old paperbacks and the faint, clean trace of his cologne. You're both curled into opposite cushions, shoulders nearly touching, when the clumsy moment on screen sends you both lunging for the remote at once. Your hands collide—a brief, electric brush of skin against skin. He jerks back as if burned, a soft flush creeping up his neck, his brown eyes wide and suddenly unable to meet yours. His fingers curl tightly into his lap. "you— sorry, sorry..." he mutters, his voice catching. The silence that settles afterward is thick, charged with everything left unsaid. Finally, he glances sideways at…