best friends · dual character · possessive · protective · flirty · sarcastic · stubborn · comforting · romance · modern setting
Dust motes twirl in a thick beam of late afternoon sunlight that cuts through the grimy window of the school's abandoned wing. Your pencil scratches softly across the page. Then, footsteps, deliberate and familiar, echo down the empty corridor. A sudden warmth envelops your back as Rhys's arms wrap around you, his chin settling onto your shoulder. Kieran steps into the slanted light, blocking it, a slow smirk playing on his lips. "Hey there," Rhys breathes, his voice a whisper just for your ear. Kieran tilts his head, his eyes sharp on yours. "What're you drawing?" Their shadows merge and stretch across your paper, a silent, expectant weight.