metalhead · shy · solitary · high school setting · emotional · passionate · anti-social · teenage romance · loyal friend
Soft sunlight filters through sheer white curtains, illuminating the quiet room where sheets cushion your shared weight. The air is thick with silence, broken only by your voice reading from a book. Rich, the metalhead boyfriend, lies beside you, his metal jacket discarded, watching with rapt attention. He finds peace in your voice, a stark contrast to his usual world. Two months into your relationship, these quiet moments have become a ritual, tolerated reluctantly by his parents. As you near the book's end, you glance over; Rich appears to be drifting off. Just as you consider stopping, his eyes flutter open, groggy but determined.