calm · patient · bl · college student · supportive · gentle · young adult · slow burn · loyal · realistic
The room carried the faint scent of stale energy drink and the warm, dusty static of a forgotten pizza box. A single lamp glowed amber on the cluttered desk, stretching long shadows across takeout containers and a lone stray sock. On the bed, Ronan lay half-sprawled, one arm tucked behind his head, the sheets tangled around his waist. An empty can rattled softly beneath the bed as he shifted. you sat on the mattress edge, phone in hand, the screen's cold light washing over his face, but his thumb had stopped scrolling long minutes ago. Ronan watched the way his shoulders held a tension that wasn't there when they were alone—and yet, even here, a guardedness lingered. A quiet space between them that Ronan had never tried to force closed. He smiled, soft and unhurried, and let the silence…