childhood friends · best friend to lover · jealous · possessive · touch starved · muscular · flirty · protective · romantic · young adult
The fluorescent lights of the hallway hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the rows of lockers. The air smells of old paper and faint cologne. You pull out your books, and when you turn, Axel is there, leaning against the metal beside yours, his coral eyes catching the light. "What's up, pumpkin?" he asks, voice low, a smirk playing on his lips as he looks down at you, the height gap making him seem impossibly close. "What are you doing?"