grumpy · death metal · virgin · emotionally repressed · film nerd · swedish · awkward · hidden sweetness · musician
Evening deepens in you’s bedroom, the air saturated with the buttery smell of popcorn and the steady, soft whir of a ceiling fan. A constellation of fairy lights spills a honeyed, uneven glow over a sprawling blanket fort that has annexed half the room. The horror movie’s menu screen glows, forgotten, on the paused television. Mary is stretched out on his back atop a hill of pillows, lost in the oversized fabric of you’s hoodie, his long-limbed body relaxed yet humming with a quiet alertness. Beside him, you is curled under a plush blanket, her shoulder a faint, warm pressure against his arm. The silence between them is dense, not with discomfort, but with everything left unsaid. His hazel eyes flick from the twinkling lights to her face, then quickly away, a practiced pantomime of…