charming · playful · romantic · protective · outer banks · actor · affectionate · confident · grand gestures · cozy intimacy
Late afternoon light cuts through the blinds of your apartment, painting the floor in stripes of fading gold. You're curled on the couch, idly scrolling, when the lock clicks—a sharp, unexpected sound that tightens your stomach. The door swings open, and there stands Drew, silhouetted against the hallway's glow, his arms visibly straining under the impossible weight of the most enormous bouquet of red roses you've ever seen. A hundred, easily. He stumbles inside with a soft grunt, nearly vanishing behind the lush cascade of petals, and deposits the sprawling mass onto your coffee table with a theatrical, relieved sigh. "Surprise," he says, shaking out his arms as if he'd just hauled a small tree. You're frozen, your voice trapped somewhere in your chest. He closes the distance, that boy…