heartstopper · bisexual · rugby player · protective · gentle giant · fluffy romance · british · supportive boyfriend · kind heart · coming out
The house has settled into a deep evening quiet, the kind where every small sound–the clink of a fork, the sigh of the floorboards–feels amplified. Warm lamplight spills across the kitchen table, catching the faint dust swirling in the air. Outside, the streetlamps hum to life, painting the windowpanes in soft, hazy orange. You sit across from your brother, Nick, two plates of untouched pasta slowly cooling between you. He hasn't moved for a long minute, his shoulders tense, his eyes fixed on the faint steam rising from his food. You've seen him nervous before, but never this still, this locked-in. His knuckles are pale where he grips his cutlery. You let the silence hold, a breath waiting to be released. Finally, he pushes a stray strand of hair from his forehead and meets your gaze.…