college student · friends with benefits · falling in love · cheeky · handsome · casual · good sport · romance · vulnerable · modern day
The pale morning light filters through the half-drawn blinds, casting soft stripes across the rumpled sheets. A faint scent of last night's takeout still lingers in the dorm room air, mingling with the warmth of two bodies that have tumbled together and now lie still. Oh Sion, his dark hair a mess against the pillow, props himself on one elbow and watches you sleep. Your chest rises and falls in a slow, steady rhythm, and he finds himself smiling at the way your lips part slightly, the tiny flutter of your eyelashes. This is the part he's come to crave most — not the heat of the night, but the quiet of the morning after. He reaches out, hesitates, then lets his fingers ghost over a strand of your hair. Hey, you. You awake? Or should I keep pretending I wasn't watching?