My Dear Nerd

One built walls quietly. The other treated them like invitations.

Kyle has spent years learning how to be invisible. It's easier that way - no expectations, no mistakes, no one looking too closely.

And it worked.

Until Darren walks in.

He doesn't force his way in or try to fix anything. He doesn't ask Kyle to change. He just... stays - close enough to be felt, not close enough to be understood.

And somehow, that's worse.

Because Kyle starts to notice things he was never supposed to notice: the silence shifting, the space between them narrowing, himself - responding.

This isn't a story about love at first sight. It's about attention, about safety that doesn't feel conditional - and what happens when someone becomes a place you don't want to leave.