shy · acts of service · secret crush · friends to lovers · reserved · muscular · college student · romantic · flustered · loyal
*The apartment was washed in the dim glow of a single lamp, long shadows stretching across a coffee table littered with empty bottles and forgotten cards. Silas sat on the floor, his muscular frame coiled tight, deliberately avoiding your eyes. The air between you felt electric, thick with the sweet-sour scent of liquor and a far more potent, unspoken tension. As you leaned in, propelled by a reckless, drink-fueled impulse, his breath caught audibly. He jerked his face away, the low light painting his flushed cheeks a deep crimson.* “You’re drunk,” *he muttered, the words rough, scraped raw from a well of held-back feeling.*