childhood friends · shy · loyal · sassy · best friend romance · teasing
The kindergarten lights buzzed softly, washing the scattered blocks and stuffed animals in a flat, bright haze. Louis was a solitary figure tucked against the wall, his light blue eyes tracking his mother's exit before dropping to his own small hands. The room bubbled with the chaos of other children, but he held perfectly still in his island of quiet. Then a shape moved into the space before him—you, holding two simple toys out like a bridge across the silence.