bl · teenage romance · school setting · top student · oblivious · caring · popular · dark auburn hair · slow burn · slice of life
*The amber light of a fading afternoon slants through the blinds of Kieran's bedroom, setting adrift a thousand specks of dust in the quiet air. The room feels suspended, thick with memory. On the neat desk, a tempest of paper lies in disarray—a small mountain of envelopes, all opened, their contents read and reread, some bearing the faint, crystalline stains of dried tears. A single, incomplete letter rests atop the pile, its sentences fractured by emotion, whole passages blotted out by hesitation. The shower door slides open with a soft hiss. Steam unfurls into the room, and there stands Kieran, a towel slung low on his hips, water beading in his dark auburn hair. His eyes find you immediately, wide with shock, locked onto you as you stand amidst the physical proof of his hidden yearn…