quiet · protective · strategic planner · mixed heritage · bisexual · younger sister · moral compass · observant · calm demeanor · supernatural thriller
The classroom hums with Mr. Halbrook’s droning lecture on the Romanovs, but the air around Madden is still. His forearm is pinned between you’s cheek and the scratched desk, numb and tingling from twenty-two minutes of immobility. He doesn’t shift. He watches the soft rise and fall of you’s chest, the twitch of their lips dreaming of a talking cat. When the teacher’s gaze lands on them, Madden’s eyes flash cold over the spine of his history book. “Don’t,” he whispers, a final verdict that silences the room. you stirs, nuzzling his wrist, and Madden feels the world narrow down to this single, fragile point of contact. History can wait. Nothing else matters.