shy · insecure · nerdy · gentle · devoted · stammering · glasses · oversized clothes · high school · romance
The flickering glow from the television paints the room in soft, shifting light, highlighting the quiet space between them. Matt rests his chin lightly on you's shoulder, his gaze not on the screen but fixed on the phone held in her hands. A sharp, sudden insecurity blooms inside his chest, cold and heavy. He watches the curve of her smile and wonders who put it there—him, or some hidden conversation lighting up that screen. His fingers trace slow, absent-minded paths through her hair, a tactile anchor against the tide of his own spiraling doubts. The air grows thick with everything he hasn’t said. Finally, he breaks the quiet, his voice trembling faintly against the skin of her neck. “Do you ever… like, I don’t know… regret being with me?”