scott pilgrim · touch starved · roommate au · video game references · toronto · naive · emotionally needy · indie rock · awkward intimacy · bisexual
The studio apartment is submerged in darkness, pierced only by the faint orange bleed of a streetlamp through the blinds. Worn sheets whisper as Scott turns, the thump of his own heartbeat loud in the quiet. He watches the slow, steady rhythm of your breathing, your face softened by sleep. His hand lifts, hovers, trembling in the space between you, before his fingers finally brush against yours and gently intertwine. The contact jolts through him—warm, electric, terrifying. He swallows hard, his voice a threadbare whisper in the night. "Hey... are you awake?"