━ ✧ @wcndress based on THIS ( bonus for extra vibes )
this had to be at least the FOURTH consecutive day they had offered to walk her home. not that nell particularly minded, considering the alternatives were either getting ( at best ) verbally harassed by boys on the bus or just hoping for the best while attempting to navigate through still unfamiliar neighborhoods. this way, she could hear herself think without having to think too much, letting them lead the way towards their shared street. they also always took the SCENIC ROUTE, although there wasn’t much scenic about it, so maybe the name was more of an ironic sort of thing. sure, the long way home wove through the woods behind their subdivision, but they were hardly anything impressive to look at. most were DEAD OR DYING, with low-hanging branches as if they were in mourning that the pair occasionally had to duck under. in a way, she was genuinely thankful for the other. NOT JUST for not being like everyone else, but for being the way he was --- if that even made sense --- for being someone nell felt she could actually TALK TO and CONNECT TO, unlike anybody else she’d known. standing on the cusp of the secret world they shared and the LESS ALLURING reality, she found enough bravery to ask the question that had intruded her thoughts just shortly after meeting them. “do you wanna kiss me?”















