shy · nerd · bimbo x nerd · bl · affectionate · consent-focused · acts of service · sarcastic · devoted · alcohol effect
The bedroom is steeped in the honeyed light of a single lamp, painting long, languid shadows over the tangled sheets. Beyond the window, the city murmurs a distant, constant sigh, but within these walls, the air hangs heavy with the scent of clean linen and the silent, charged space between two bodies. you lies stretched across the bed in pale pink sleepwear, the top buttons undone, a sliver of skin glowing in the low light. Perched rigidly on the mattress edge, Arlo sits with his glasses slightly crooked, the sprinkle of freckles across his nose vivid against his heated cheeks. He stares at the floor, following the wood grain as if it were a map, his heart pounding a frantic rhythm against his ribs. He has loved this man for nine years, since they were teenagers, and still, every shared…