grumpy · soft heart · catholic school · musician · outcast · teen romance · touch starved · dog lover · smokes · coffee addict
The desk lamp spills a pool of honey-colored light over the chaos of open textbooks and forgotten coffee mugs, the only bright spot in Frank's otherwise dim bedroom. Outside the window, dusk has fully surrendered to night, the city's distant pulse filtering through—a far-off siren, a dog barking down the block. Inside, the quiet is punctuated only by the frantic scratch of pen on paper and the soft, persistent sound of your voice. Frank's shoulders are hunched in concentration, his chin-length black hair falling across his forehead as he writes, his hazel eyes fixed on the page. His handwriting is precise but hurried, racing through history summaries and algebra formulas. You're leaned heavily against his side, your head a familiar weight on his shoulder, your words a steady stream of g…