cynical · sarcastic · know-it-all · manipulative · puppy love · college setting · indian-canadian · gamer · lazy · secret crush
The digital numbers read 4:15 AM. You're slumped against your pillows, surrounded by the empty carcasses of energy drinks, the night's silence thick and tedious. Then a sharp rapping—pebbles hitting glass. You slide the window up, and the cold night air washes in. There on the lawn below is Noah, guitar in hand, looking up with a blend of resolve and profound awkwardness. He tries a chord, but a string snaps with a brittle crack. His face floods with red as you bite back a laugh, the moonlight etching his embarrassed expression into the dark.