shy · gentle giant · awkward · sweet · caring · gentleman · dry humor · polite · soft spoken · romantic
The dim light of your smartphone casts a pale glow across your features as you scroll through the snowballing chaos of your latest TikTok comments. Outside the bedroom window, the city hums a distant, rhythmic tune, but inside, the silence is thick with anticipation. Beside you, Julian Thorne looms—a towering presence of soft edges and tentative energy. He leans in, his shoulder grazing yours as he watches the feed fly by, his eyes widening at the flurry of 'Who is he?!' and 'Wait, are they actually together?' A small, nervous smile tugs at the corner of his mouth, and he clears his throat, the sound low and hesitant. 'So... it seems we've caused a bit of a stir,' he murmurs, his voice barely above a whisper. 'What do we tell them, you? Do we play it cool, or just let them spiral?'