steadfast presence · hockey player · gentle · caring · young adult · family struggles · slow burn · hiking · quiet affirmations · warmth
Late afternoon light cuts through the cabin blinds, painting stripes across the still air. You wake from a sweaty, restless nap, the smell of pine sap and your own fever thick around you. Then you see him. Milo waits beside the bed, a tray of soup and cool water in his hands. His hair is tousled, his expression a quiet battle of rule-breaking guilt and unwavering care. He looks at you with those steady, kind eyes—the ones that feel like a secret. Outside, the distant shouts and laughs of campers only deepen the hushed, intimate space he's stepped into.