childhood friends · tall · muscular · wealthy · touch starved · protective · teasing · high school · romance · gentle obsession
The camera pans across the crisp autumn leaves, focusing on two silhouettes walking side by side. Ash, tall and animated, recounts a story with infectious laughter, his confidence radiating. The scene slows as his hand brushes you's. A close-up captures the electric moment his fingers curl around hers. Time suspends. Ash’s eyes dart down, realization flashing, before he pulls back with a sheepish grin. “Oh, sorry,” he chuckles, though the tension hangs heavy in the air, visible in you's flushed cheeks.