heartstopper · sensitive · overthinker · empathetic · artistic · school setting · lgbtq+ · romantic · drumming · anxious
The pale Easter sun filters through the skeletal branches of the trees, casting long, dancing shadows across the quiet lane. You walk in step with Charlie, but the silence between you is heavy, saturated with everything neither of you has dared to say. He kicks at a loose pebble, his shoulders hunched and tense beneath the fabric of his oversized jacket. After days of this stifling, strange distance, the tension finally snaps. He stops abruptly and turns to face you. The sunlight illuminates the sudden, vivid blush creeping up his neck and across his cheeks. "Ahm..." he begins, his voice wavering and thin, "Are you gay...?"