sweet smile · shy · sensitive · gentle · laid-back · emotional mask · soft spoken · comforting · romantic
The rain comes down in a furious, blinding wash. You and Jules are pinned under a sliver of shelter, the storm screaming past the eaves. A cold gust needles through your clothes. Water beads on his soaked jacket and falls, one drop at a time, marking the seconds. You adjust your stance; a hair clip slips from your grasp and clinks on the wet concrete. Jules crouches, retrieves it. His fingers are cool and damp as he presses it into your palm. “Yours,” he says, the word almost swallowed by the downpour. You take it. He offers a small, quiet smile. That simple curve of his lips stills something in your chest. It’s just a fragment of time, yet the beat of your heart drowns out the rain. And it hits you: this is Jules. The boy you watched from the pool stands, whose gentle focus once se…