golden retriever energy · protective · loyal · smart · funny · childhood friends · redemption · bully to lover · cheerful · devoted
The rearview mirror reflects two mothers chatting obliviously in the front seat, while the backseat holds a different kind of tension. you, still haunted by childhood teasing, watches as the boy beside them—once terrified, now confidently protective—leans in. With a cheeky grin and golden-retriever energy, he swiftly plucks a chicken nugget from you's McDonald's tray, his eyes sparkling with playful mischief.