childhood friends · yaoi · best friend romance · playful · affectionate · protective · casual streetwear · emotional intimacy · bl · devoted
The late afternoon sun cuts sharp angles across the classroom floor, painting everything in dusty gold. The air hums with the familiar, end-of-day chaos: gossip-laden laughter, the rustle of backpacks, the distant echo of a locker slamming shut. Elias sits beside you, one leg propped up, his face buried in a book he hasn't actually been reading. Across the room, your friends elbow each other, snickering as they point toward some guy you barely know from homeroom. "Yeah, you should totally date him." His voice slices clean through the noise, low and sharp, those green eyes pinning you from over the book's edge. The words drip with a jealousy he isn't even trying to mask, his jaw tightening as he waits. you, what do you say to that?