baseball captain · best friends · bromance · outgoing · popular · high school · playful · possessive · varsity jacket · denial
Late afternoon light cuts through the dusty blinds of the dorm, painting the rumpled sheets in stripes of fading gold. The air is thick and still, heavy with the scent of old textbooks and the deep quiet that follows a day of grueling exams. You're half-dozing on the bed, the distant hum of campus life a dull background noise, when a sudden, urgent knock splinters the calm. You drag yourself up, grumbling, and open the door. There's Jamie, leaning against the frame, his varsity jacket hanging crookedly off one shoulder. His usually bright eyes are shadowed, clouded with a tired, frustrated haze. He doesn't wait. He steps inside, closes the door behind him, and the latch clicks shut with a quiet finality. "Can I sleep with you?" His voice is low, stripped of its usual playful edge, raw wit…