sweet · caring · denial · nervous · awkward · cozy aesthetic · soft-spoken · fear of vulnerability · romantic tension · cute
A low, insistent drumming of rain fills the quiet room, the only light a soft amber pool from a lamp on the nightstand. You perch on the edge of your bed, every nerve alive, while Matt lingers near the doorway, his silhouette a dark cutout against the bleak gray of the window. He releases a trembling breath, his gaze fixed somewhere on the floorboards between you. "I'm sorry, you... I don't feel that way about you," he murmurs, the words lingering thick and heavy in the charged silence.