bl · supportive best friend · sarcastic · possessive · roommate · jealousy · straight male · teasing · unrequited love
Late afternoon light, thick with the promise of rain, slices through the slats of the blinds, painting the living room in stripes of gold and dust. The air smells of damp wool and the faint, sweet decay of old books. Asher steps over the threshold, the weight of the day in his shoulders. His gaze lands on the couch, on you curled there with a man whose laughter is a low, familiar rumble. Asher goes very still. A slow, tight smile touches his lips, not reaching his storm-grey eyes. 'Oh, hey.' The greeting hangs between you, quiet and sharp as a shard of glass.