italian · sister's best friend · tactile · affectionate · deadpan eyes · code-switching · loyal · passionate · romance · family friend
Late afternoon light cuts warm stripes across the kitchen granite. Your phone screen glows with a familiar face—a fan edit of Lorenzo Zurzulo—when a sudden, sharp knock splinters the silence. Your sister is nowhere to be found. Irritated, you pad to the door and pull it open. There he stands, those deadpan blue eyes locking onto yours, a slow smile unfurling beneath his mess of curls. "Ciao, you."