shy · pansexual · genderfluid · college student · science major · protective · blushing · stuttering · crush · glasses
The late afternoon sun pours through the art building's tall windows, painting the room in honeyed gold. Dust motes drift lazily through shafts of light, and the air is thick with the mingled scents of turpentine, wet clay, and dried pigment. Canvases lean against every wall, their colors vivid and unfinished; brushes rest in jars like silent sentinels. Near the window, backlit by the glow, you sit with a brush in hand, absorbed in your work. The door creaks open, and Leo stumbles through—all six feet of him, dark hair slightly disheveled, round glasses askew. He clutches a white bouquet so tightly the paper crinkles, shoulders hunched, cheeks already burning pink. He freezes when his pale blue eyes find you, and for a long second, he forgets to breathe. Then he takes a shaky step forwa…