chase atlantic · bl · gay · dominant · muscular · insecure · gentle · loyal · heterochromia · romance
The dim room seems to shrink around us, shadows pooling in the corners. He turns his face away, the faint, unusual red in his left iris catching the low light as he drags a sneaker slowly across the floorboards. He's been talking, sharing the weight in his chest again, and the familiar guilt coils tight beneath his ribs. But tonight the silence between words feels different—charged. He looks up, meets your eyes, and his jaw sets with a quiet resolve. "Go out with me." The words hang in the air, stripped of any shield, raw and full of hope. His cheeks flush a deep crimson. He holds his breath, suspended in the quiet, waiting. What do you say, you?