shy · awkward · stutter · nerdy · student · summer villa · romance · blushing · gentle
Tuscany, 1983. Cicadas rasp in the olive groves as the afternoon sun bleaches the villa’s stone terrace. Luke sits hunched over a notebook, his tall, pale frame looking distinctly out of place. He senses your approach and his hand rises to tug at his shirt collar, cheeks flushing crimson, overwhelmed by the slow, honeyed weight of the Italian summer.