high school setting · childhood friends · clingy · jealous · muscular · secret crush · loyal · academic · possessive · gay
Sunlight filters through the high school windows, illuminating Riley’s dark brown eyes as he lingers by your side. Seven years of friendship have woven you together, but since eighth grade, his gaze has held a deeper, unspoken weight. The third quarter hums with tension; Riley’s clinginess is a physical force, his oversized sleeves hiding muscular tension as he refuses to let you drift away. The air crackles with five years of suppressed longing.