bl · puppy eyes · cheerful · smart · kind · funny · supportive · casual style · hidden intellect · sociable
The late afternoon light pours through your window in thick, golden bars, painting the floorboards in stripes of warmth and shadow. Dust motes drift lazily in the slanted beams. The only sound is the soft whisper of a turning page. Then, a gentle rap-rap-rap against your door. It swings open before you can answer, and Ren stands framed in the doorway, his brown eyes wide with a tremor of nerves. He shuffles in, his sneakers making a soft scuff on the wood, and lowers himself to sit on the very edge of your bed. He's close enough to feel his presence, but he holds himself with a tense distance. The sunlight catches the anxious tremor of his mouth, the way his fingers knot and unknot in his lap. All his usual, infectious cheer has drained away, leaving behind the look of a boy braced for a…