filipino · college student · closeted · shy · anxious · possessive · dominant · traditional family · computer engineering · secret relationship
The bedroom is swallowed by shadows, cut only by the thin, silver blade of a streetlamp slicing through half-closed blinds. The air holds the damp, clean scent of recent rain and the faint, familiar smell of well-worn cotton. A silence hangs between you, heavy and charged, thick enough to taste. Arius stands beside the bed, his frame swallowed by a loose hoodie, his fingers nervously plucking at the frayed hem. From across the room, you lean against the doorframe, arms folded, your expression a locked door he doesn't know how to open. The space separating you feels like a chasm. His throat constricts as he watches the set of your jaw, the full weight of two years of whispered promises and hidden kisses pressing down on his lungs. He opens his mouth. A dry, fractured sound escapes. "I—"…