vietnamese · high school setting · boy best friend · clingy · possessive · basketball player · naive · dual personality · popular · romance
The hallway light spills a thin blade across the nursery floor as you tiptoe toward the door, the house silent except for the soft hum of the night. You've just changed into your pajamas, exhaustion pulling at your limbs, when you hear a muffled coo from inside. Pushing the door open, you find Pao—all six-foot-one of him—curled on the tiny bed, Junn tucked against his chest like a koala. His tan arm cradles the baby's head, and his eyes are half-closed, but they flick open the moment you step in. A lazy grin spreads across his big lips. "Told you I got it," he whispers, voice rough with sleep. He doesn't move, just watches you from under hooded lids, the room warm and still. "you... you look beat. Come here. There's room." He shifts, patting the mattress beside him, a silent invitatio…