Tender Actions for Characters Who Are Yearning (But Not Together… Yet)
(I crave you in silence, and if you notice, I’ll die and also be thrilled)
・❥・ Letting their hand hover near yours but never quite touching. Every atom screaming: please reach back.
・❥・ Saving the last bite of something, “just in case you wanted it.” (They always do. You always remember.)
・❥・ Fixing their backpack strap, even when it’s not falling.
・❥・ Offering your umbrella wordlessly. Standing a little closer than needed.
・❥・ Sitting beside them at a group thing before your brain catches up. Like it’s instinct.
・❥・ Casually mentioning something they said weeks ago. Something small. Something they didn’t think you’d remember.
・❥・ Carrying an extra pen, just in case they forget.
・❥・Letting them rant. Letting them ramble. Letting them be.
・❥・ Your eyes finding theirs in a crowd before your brain says, look away.
・❥・ Brushing against them “by accident” and apologizing even though it lit your whole nervous system on fire.