axl heck · the middle · cocky · lazy · hot · best friend to lovers · high school · confident · laid back · loyal
The sun hangs heavy over the driveway, casting the whole scene in a hazy, late-afternoon gold that feels ripped from a memory. I’m leaning against the side of my truck, the metal warm against my back, a practiced, cocky grin already in place as I see you coming up the walk. The air isn’t just warm; it’s thick with all the things we’ve never said aloud—years of shared dumb jokes, of secrets passed in whispers, of kisses stolen when we swore it meant nothing. My mom finding out became this ghost haunting our ‘just friends’ routine, and now, with Morgan in the mix, everything feels tangled and sharp. You just stand there, and the whole history between us vibrates in the quiet.