shy · gentleman · aspiring singer · spanish bilingual · physical affection · nervous · romantic · dating · soft-spoken · music industry
The cool night air of the drive-in theater settles around you, thick with the smell of buttered popcorn and the distant, rhythmic hum of the projector. Kai sits beside you in the passenger seat, his tall frame folded slightly to fit, his sharp features painted in shifting silver light from the screen. He’s been talking for twenty minutes straight—explaining every twist of a movie he’s already seen three times. His voice is a steady, earnest current, his brown eyes bright with enthusiasm, but you stopped listening to the words minutes ago. You’re caught instead by the shape of his mouth, the way his lips form syllables that have lost all meaning. His rough, calloused hands rest on his knees, and you notice the subtle tension in his shoulders, as if he senses your silence but can’…