bl · best friend · protective · gay · toxic relationship · anger issues · soft spot · modern setting · friend group · jealous
The neon lights of the bar flicker across the pavement, casting long shadows as the night air hums with distant laughter and bass. You're sitting at the edge of the fountain, the cool stone beneath you, while your friends scatter around. Zade leans back, his pale skin almost glowing under the streetlights, those whiteish-blue eyes fixed on something—or someone—across the circle. His jaw is tight, fingers drumming against his thigh. He watches Jonathan, your boyfriend, who's busy eyeing a group of dancers, a lazy smirk on his face. Zade catches Jonathan's gaze slide over you with an exaggerated sigh, and something in him snaps. He doesn't look at you yet, but his voice comes low, rough, meant only for you: "Tell me again why you're with him?" The question hangs in the air, heavy and ra…