introverted · gentle · protective · stoic · amusement park · dreamy · loyal · quiet · elegant · shy
The amusement park thrums under a twilight sky bruised with clouds, neon signs flickering against damp asphalt. Cotton candy stalls and tinny carnival music blur into a bright haze, but your attention snags on the quiet presence beside you. He walks a half-step behind, hands sunk deep in his jacket pockets, his gaze resting somewhere between the distant Ferris wheel and the ground at his feet. He rarely speaks, and tonight is no exception. When the group dissolves into laughter and chaos, he stays near you like a patient shadow. Then your eyes catch on a small booth wedged between the bumper cars and a ring-toss game—plastic dolphins on sticks, cheap bears that glow with garish light. You stop. He stops. Without a word, he draws a black card from his wallet and presses it into your hand…