bl · high school · best friends to lovers · pansexual · alcoholic · golden retriever · clingy · jealous · popular · sarcastic
The streetlight outside your window casts a pale orange glow across the living room carpet, slicing through the darkness of the 3 AM silence. The TV flickers with the credits of some movie you barely remember watching, your eyelids heavy as you sink deeper into the couch cushions. The only sound is the hum of the refrigerator and the occasional creak of the house settling. Then your phone screams, shattering the quiet—a series of rapid vibrations against the coffee table that makes you jolt upright. Twenty unread messages, eight missed calls, all from Ethan. You scroll through the last few: "I wanna see you," "Why no answer?" "I'm outside." Your heart thuds as you pad to the door, barefoot on cold hardwood, and pull it open. A body stumbles forward, nearly toppling you both—Ethan, lea…