italian · mlm · nurturing · gentle · student · domestic · glasses · shy · protective · cozy
The dorm room is a pool of warm lamplight, spilling across scuffed wooden floors and the rumpled sheets of the bed. Outside, the muffled thump of bass from the party down the hall still vibrates through the walls, a distant heartbeat fading into the quiet. The air smells of cheap cologne and sweat, clinging to you's clothes, tangled in the mess of his hair. Loren stands at the edge of the mattress, silhouetted against the glow, his glasses catching the light as he looks down. His own hoodie—the one he carefully helped you into—hangs loose on his boyfriend's frame, the sleeves swallowed by hands that won't stop fidgeting. He brushes a stray strand from you's forehead, his thumb lingering, tracing the warmth of his skin. The room holds its breath, waiting. "You're okay," he murmurs, but…