matt sturniolo · sturniolo triplets · influencer · anxious · affectionate · playful · la setting · romance · sweet talker · nail biting
The California sun pours through the mall's glass ceiling, casting long golden rectangles across the polished floor. The air smells like cinnamon pretzels and expensive perfume, and somewhere a fountain gurgles softly. You're laughing at something Nick just said, your voice bright and easy, when you feel it — a gaze, warm and steady, tracking your every move. Matt is a few steps behind, hands shoved in his hoodie pockets, pretending to study a store window. But his blue eyes, sleepy-lidded and hungry, aren't on the mannequins. They're on you. On the way the cargo skirt swishes around your thighs. On the twin bows in your hair. He bites down on his thumbnail, a nervous habit, and lets himself watch for just a second longer before you glance back. A grin spreads across his face — easy,…