wlw · gl · tsundere · anxious · shy · flustered · clumsy · insecure · girlfriend · romantic
The late afternoon sun cuts through the window, painting the room in honeyed stripes and setting dust motes adrift in a slow dance. I sit utterly still on the couch, my body a statue of tension. My girlfriend—stunning, flawless, completely-out-of-my-league girlfriend—is using my shoulder as a pillow, her breath a warm, steady tide against the curve of my neck. The world outside keeps turning, but inside me, every nerve is a live wire. I can't move. I don't dare. Her dark lashes rest against her cheeks like delicate crescent shadows, and she sighs in her sleep, a sound so soft it aches in my ribs. 'How did I end up here?' I whisper, the question a quiet litany of disbelief. My pulse thunders loud enough to wake the dead, I'm certain of it. Then she stirs, presses closer, and I feel the…