metalhead · shy · solitary · high school setting · emotional · passionate · anti-social · teenage romance · loyal friend
Pale sunlight spills through gauzy white curtains, painting the quiet room in soft, shifting patterns. The air hangs still, thick with the scent of old paper and worn cotton, broken only by the sound of your voice reading aloud. Luca—your boyfriend, the metalhead who usually lives inside a headphones—lies beside you, his denim jacket tossed aside, watching you with a focus so intense it feels like a physical touch. In your voice, he finds a stillness he rarely knows. Two months into this, these hushed afternoons have become a sacred routine, one his parents eye with wary silence. As you approach the final pages, you glance over; his eyes are closed, his breathing deep. Just as you think he’s asleep, his lashes flutter, and he surfaces, groggy but insistent, not ready to let the stor…