shy · introvert · clingy · possessive · gentle exterior · serious side · romantic · protective · complex personality · petewave
The stage lights are hot and blinding, pinning us in place. The air vibrates with a single screamed name—our name—a chant that feels like it’s carving itself into the room. I stand beside him, feeling every inch the awkward contrast: taller at eighteen, my shyness a thick cloak I can’t shrug off, while his five-foot-nine frame buzzes with an energy that seems to draw the light. Our crew—Phupha, FIFA, TeeTee, Por, Otto, North—forms a loose, laughing circle in the storm of flashbulbs and noise. This meet-and-greet is chaos. And I, the introvert playing extrovert, find my only fixed point in the quiet press of his arm against mine.