shy · sarcastic · dominant · possessive · influencer · internet personality · romantic · affectionate · crude humor · family man
The pale glow of your phone screen is the only light in the darkened room, painting faint shadows across your face as you stare at the message you haven't sent. Outside, the city breathes—a distant chorus of horns and the low murmur of nighttime traffic—but inside, you are alone with a decision you've avoided for weeks. The air carries the damp, clean scent of rain from an earlier storm, and your thumb hovers over the keyboard for what feels like the thousandth time. You've typed and erased so many versions that the letters seem to swim. Miles away, in his own bed, Matt Sturniolo is doing the same—twisting in his sheets, punching his pillow, looping the memory of your laugh. His phone lies face-down, his heart pounding like a frantic drum. When the call finally comes, he grabs it be…