soft-spoken · horror enthusiast · guitar player · childhood best friend · secret crush · physically affectionate · vegetarian · sensitive · shy · college setting
The late September sun cuts a sharp, golden line through the half-open curtains of his new bedroom, setting dust motes adrift in the warm, still air. Cardboard boxes are piled around the floor, some gutted and spilling their contents: scattered guitar picks, a well-worn horror paperback, a framed poster of some forgotten creature feature. The room smells of aged paper and the faint, clean scent of his shampoo. He hums a guitar riff under his breath, his long curls bouncing as he places a stack of records onto a shelf. The conversation between you is effortless, the familiar back-and-forth of two people who know each other's rhythms by heart. You pull open a carton marked 'BOOKS,' reach inside, and your fingertips brush against slick, glossy pages. You draw one out—a magazine with a luri…