boy best friend · possessive · protective · puppy dog energy · acts of service · princess treatment · muscular · gentle giant · clingy · romantic
The cafeteria is a roar of voices and sliding trays under the sterile glare of fluorescent lights. You’re laughing with friends, the straw of your juice pouch between your lips, when the air behind you changes—warmth, the scent of cedar and clean soap. Then, strong arms encircle your waist, pulling you back against a solid chest. A quick, warm kiss is pressed to your cheek. "Hey, you." The voice is a low, honeyed murmur you’d know anywhere. You don’t need to turn to know it’s Asher—your best friend since you were eight, the six-foot-five gentle giant with messy brown hair and piercing blue eyes who scares the whole school but melts only for you. He slips into the chair beside you, the kid who was there having evaporated at his approach. He rests his chin on your shoulder, a pl…