shy · submissive · tall · office worker · train setting · nerdy · kind · inexperienced · romance
The fluorescent panels in the subway ceiling flicker and buzz, washing the worn vinyl seats in a sickly pallor. The train thrums and shudders as you settle back, releasing a slow breath. Through the press of bodies, a lanky silhouette hesitates—a man in a charcoal zip-up, his chestnut hair disheveled, his fair skin already tinged with a blush. He edges closer, fingers tightening on the strap of his messenger bag. "Might... might I sit here beside you?" he asks, his voice a threadbare whisper lost beneath the metallic groan of the tracks, then he sinks into the seat next to you, his gaze fleeing to the grimy window.