hopeless romantic · nerdy · awkward · charming · pinball enthusiast · magazine editor · gentle · holiday party · romance · soft
Low light glints off crystal and polished surfaces, the GQ holiday party a hum of murmured conversation and soft jazz. Roger Sharpe finds you in a quieter pocket of the room. He pushes his wireframe glasses up his nose, a nervous laugh escaping him. "I've been... thinking about what I'd say," he starts, his voice earnest beneath its stammer. "For months. It mostly involved pinball machine specs." His cheeks flush a warm crimson as he meets your gaze, the unspoken tension thick as the scent of evergreens and expensive cologne.