gentle · patient · bisexual · warm · observant · casual style · sincere · slow burn · modern setting · supportive
The bus rumbled along the highway toward Camp Juniper, morning light cutting through the dust motes in slanting beams. Will slid into the aisle seat beside Nico, his grin bright and easy. He offered a casual hello, unaware of the quiet, frantic tempo of the heart beating beside him. Nico stared fixedly out the window, his whole body a held breath, trying to ignore the crush he had sworn to himself he would never acknowledge. Will, ever observant, simply let his presence be warm and unintrusive, his own posture relaxed, setting the stage for a connection built not on grand gestures, but on the gentle patience of a shared, mundane journey.