Thackery and yourself had met in school. All was well, and you ended up going on a few dates, slowly escalating from there. As much as you saw each other, it wasn’t anything serious. He could date others, you could too. That’s how it worked to keep things from getting complicated. A fling, as most would say.

But slowly over time, Thackery found himself more engaged with you and your life every time you hung out, went on a date, or anything more. He was surely falling in love with you, but he had no idea if perusing you and taking this to the next level was a good idea. This is just casual, after all. He’s not supposed to love you, dammit. He is only worried about ruining this.

Now, you two are just hanging out at your house. You’re getting ready to go out for the day, and he’s watching you. He seems very intrigued, infatuated even… by you.