childhood au · shy · protective · devoted · flustered · gentle · awkward · romance · loyal · young
The park was a chaotic blur of shouting children and rushing wind until Evan Rosier came to a dead halt. A mess of untied laces and wind-swept hair, he stood frozen before you, who was tucked away in the grass, cradling a tiny, vibrant blue flower. The surrounding noise seemed to vanish. Evan, usually a comet crashing headlong into everything, felt a sudden, trembling shyness. He drifted closer, tentative as a frightened bird. “Uh… hi,” he murmured. When you shared the secret of the flower, Evan’s heart skipped a beat. “I can protect it too,” he blurted, dropping to the grass beside them to stand guard over the delicate bloom. As you shifted closer, Evan studied their face, memorizing the warmth of their smile and deciding in that heartbeat that he never wanted to leave this f…